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The Times-Dispatch has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper, after Norfolk's The Virginian-Pilot. [5] In addition to the Richmond area (Petersburg, Chester, Hopewell, Colonial Heights and surrounding areas), the Times-Dispatch has substantial readership in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Waynesboro.
Virginius Dabney (February 8, 1901 – December 28, 1995) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer, who edited the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1936 to 1969 and wrote several historical books. Dabney won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1948 due in part to his opposition to the poll tax . [ 1 ]
Schapiro's wife, Clare Osdene Schapiro, is a food columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The couple were married in Richmond on September 17, 1988, by Virginia Supreme Court justice John Charles Thomas. [3] [4]
The 2024 Richmond mayoral election took place on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Richmond, Virginia. The election was won by Danny Avula who will take office as the city's 81st mayor in January 2025. [1] He will become the city's first immigrant mayor. [2]
Michael Paul Williams (born 1958) is an American journalist and a regular columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Williams joined the Times-Dispatch in 1982 and became a columnist for the paper in 1992, becoming the first African American to hold this position. [1]
The conglomeration of newspapers was founded in 1940 when owners of Richmond, Virginia's two newspapers, the Times-Dispatch and News Leader, merged them to form Richmond Newspapers, Inc. In 1966, it purchased a majority interest in the Tampa Tribune , which included WFLA-AM - FM - TV in Tampa , making that the company's first ever foray into ...
Richmond Free Press: Richmond: 1992 Weekly Richmond Times-Dispatch [4] Richmond: 1850 [13] Daily Lee Enterprises: Roanoke Star-Sentinel: Roanoke: 2007 Weekly Roanoke Times [4] Roanoke: 1886 Daily Lee Enterprises: Roanoke Tribune: Roanoke: 1939 Weekly founded by Fleming Alexander: Smithfield Times: Smithfield: 1920 Weekly Smith Mountain Eagle ...
Charles Rice McDowell Jr. (June 24, 1926 – November 5, 2010) [1] was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review.