Evansville Courier & Press
 The July 27, 2005 front page of The Evansville Courier & Press |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Publisher | Jack D. Pate |
| Editor | Vacant |
| Founded | 1845 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 300 E. Walnut St. Evansville, Indiana 47713 United States |
| Circulation | 58,098 Monday-Saturday 86,201 Sunday |
| Official website | courierpress.com |
The Evansville Courier & Press is a local newspaper in Evansville, Indiana. The Evansville Courier & Press serves 58,098 daily and 86,201 Sunday readers in 30 counties in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. In 2002 , 2004 and 2011 the newspaper was named the state's "Blue Ribbon Daily" by the Hoosier State Press Association. The newspaper was a finalist for the same award in 2009 and 2010. In 2005, the Evansville Courier & Press photography staff won the Pictures of the Year International "Best Use of Photography" Award for papers with circulation under 100,000. In 2010, staff photographer Denny Simmons was named the Indiana News Photographers Association (INPA) Photographer of the Year.
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[edit] History
The Evansville Courier was founded in 1845 by William Newton, a young attorney. Its first issue was printed two years before the city had a charter. The Evansville Press was founded in 1906 by Edward W. Scripps as an afternoon daily.
Both papers were separate and fierce competitors until 1937, when the Evansville Press was flooded and the Evansville Courier agreed to print their competitor's paper. In 1938, the two papers formed a joint operating agreement to handle business affairs.[1] The two papers retained separate staffs and editorial policies, but published a joint Sunday edition with two editorial pages from the two papers. Then the E. W. Scripps Company sold the Press and bought the Courier in 1986. The joint Sunday edition was replaced by a Sunday edition of the Courier. The two newspapers continued to publish separate editions until the Evansville Press folded on December 31, 1998. The surviving newspaper was renamed the Evansville Courier & Press.
The newspaper is known for its dedication to community service and commitment to education. As part of the newspaper's 150th anniversary, it planted 150 trees on the University of Southern Indiana campus. In recent years, the Courier & Press has introduced several new community recognition events. They include the 20 Under 40 award for emerging community leaders and Star Students, which salutes 90 outstanding high school juniors in southwest Indiana, west-central Kentucky and southeastern Illinois.
[edit] Notable contributors
- Karl Kae Knecht, cartoonist.
[edit] References
- ^ "1937 flood prompted operating agreement". Evansville Courier & Press. http://web.courierpress.com/features/150/hist0807.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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