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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]
Given, a former advertising manager for the Braxton Democrat, founded the paper to focus more on school and sports news. [5] Given has served as a director of the West Virginia Press Association. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Given also served as mayor of Sutton in the 1990s; he shared a similar name with his successor, Edgar G.
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 ...
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 ...
In 2006, John Veasey, a reporter and editor with the paper since 1960, won the Adam R. Kelly Premier Journalist Award, the West Virginia Press Associations' highest honor. [10] The award was established in 1991 in memory of Adam R. Kelly, who was the owner and editor of the Tyler Star News in Sistersville.
It has been sourced for reporting by the Charleston Gazette-Mail as recently as April 2018, [10] and is considered a paper of public record by the State of West Virginia. [ 11 ] On August 14, 2018, News Media Corporation announced that James Austin would take over as the publisher of The Record Delta , Mountain Statesman , The Weston Democrat.
The Fayette County Public Library houses microfilm records of census records from 1840 to 1930, newspapers from 1906-present, WV county death, marriage, and birth records, Fayette County yearbooks, local magazines, family collections, the West Virginia Collection, and other miscellaneous collections about West Virginia.