Silent News
| Type | Daily newspaper (until 2003) |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Julius Wiggins |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Ceased publication | 2003 |
| Country | Canada |
| OCLC number | 4979221 |
| Website | silentnews |
Silent News was the premier national newspaper for the deaf. Founded by Julius Wiggins (1928-2001), Silent News was published from January 1969 until 2003.[1]
Wiggins and his family moved from Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a home in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where they began development of a newspaper for the deaf that was launched in January 1969.[2]
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Deaf History - Silent News".
- ^ Matsumoto, Lori. "No Sound speaks up for the world of silence", The Mirror, July 5, 1970. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Julius Wiggins was born here in Toronto and grew up here. His love of the city and its idiosyncrasies are obvious. He and his wife and three children lived on Acton Avenue in Downsview for 10 years before moving to Fair Lawn, New Jersey to begin publishing Silent News a year and a half ago."
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