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Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 112+, ISBN 9781603540476 – via Google Books; Otis K. Rice (July 1953). "West Virginia Printers and their Work, 1790-1830". West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043 ...
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The newspaper changed its name in 1913 to The Martinsburg West Va. Evening Journal; in 1920, to The Martinsburg Journal; back to The Evening Journal in 1978; to The Morning Journal in 1990; and to its current name in 1993. [3] H.C. Ogden's grandson, G. Ogden Nutting, began his newspaper career at The Martinsburg Journal as a reporter and news ...
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882. [1] West Virginia's last African American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006. [2]
The State Journal was founded as a statewide business newspaper in 1984. It was created by brothers Robert C. and Henry E. Payne, III, and lawyer Fred F. Holroyd. The newspaper was sold to Lorenelle White in 1997. [1] West Virginia Media Holdings acquired the newspaper from the White family in November 2001. The company would go on to sell the ...
The Statesman began its life as the Grafton Sentinel, a publication that was only weeks old when editor and publisher James W. Holt took it over in 1870. [1] Holt, a 21 year old who had previously worked at the Preston County Journal, went through a series of partners but, aside from a short period of divestment from the paper in 1875, remained editor and publisher of the paper until 1893, [5 ...
The Moorefield Examiner is an American weekly newspaper serving Hardy County, West Virginia. [3] It is owned by Mountain Media, LLC and has a circulation of 3,818. [ 4 ]
It merged with the Grantsville News (founded 1902) in 1984, continuing the original numbering of the Chronicle. [ 4 ] The newspaper's decision in 1990 to enforce its policy of refusing political advertising within a week of an election led to a 1991 West Virginia Supreme Court ruling in favor of the paper.