Braxton Citizens' News Explained

Braxton Citizens' News
Type:Weekly newspaper
Foundation:1976
Founder:Edward R. Given
Language:English
Headquarters:Sutton, West Virginia, USA
Circulation:5,718
Circulation Date:2016
Circulation Ref:[1]

The Braxton Citizens' News is a weekly newspaper serving the Sutton, West Virginia area in the United States.[2] It is published each Friday.[3]

History

The Braxton Citizens' News began in 1976 under publisher Edward R. Given.[4] 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. Given.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

The offices of the Braxton Democrat-Central were gutted by a fire in 2006. Under Given's leadership, the Citizens' News offered extensive aid to the rival paper, to help ensure they could continue publishing. Given and Democrat-Central publisher Craig Smith have an enduring personal and professional friendship, and have served as sources for one another's sources.[13]

Given won the top state press award for an individual journalist in 2013, being named the "Adam R. Kelly Premier Journalist of the Year."[14]

In 2015, the Citizens' News became the first affiliate to join the WVJobFinder web site launched by Charleston Newspapers, and expressed excitement about the prospect of statewide job recruitment through the site.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory. West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  2. Web site: Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library. December 2016. West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia.
  3. Book: 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory. West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  4. Web site: About Braxton citizen's news. Sutton, W. Va. (1976-current). Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. 22 July 2018.
  5. News: New Braxton County Weekly Begins Publication Monday. 8 February 1976. Sunday Gazette-Mail. 22 July 2018.
  6. News: Horne to lead press group . The Charleston Daily Mail . August 18, 1997 . The Associated Press .
  7. News: Buzzerd heads WV - Press Association . The Morgan Messenger . August 25, 2004 .
  8. News: Sutton Mayor Dies from Cancer . The Charleston Daily Mail . June 17, 1996 . The Associated Press .
  9. News: IT'S A GIVEN, WHO WILL BE MAYOR OF SUTTON, W. VA. . The Buffalo News (NY) . June 25, 1995 .
  10. Web site: West Virginia Press Association honors Given of Braxton Citizens’ News as Premier Journalist. August 13, 2013.
  11. News: THE SCENE IN THE NATION AND THE WORLD . The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) . June 29, 1995 . Thomas J. . Brady .
  12. News: ED GIVEN WINS ... AND LOSES . The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ) . June 25, 1995 .
  13. News: Rivals cooperate after fire: Editor of Braxton newspaper donates equipment to competitor whose office was gutted in fire . Charleston Daily Mail . March 23, 2006 . Justin D. . Anderson .
  14. News: Daily Mail takes top state press awards . The Charleston Daily Mail. August 12, 2013.
  15. News: WVJobfinder network gains first affiliate . The Charleston Gazette-Mail . November 15, 2015 .

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