Washington Daily News Explained

Washington Daily News
Type:Daily newspaper
Owners:Boone Newspapers
Publisher:Ashley Vansant
Sportseditor:Mitchell Thomas
Foundation:1909
Language:American English
Headquarters:217 N. Market St.
Washington, North Carolina 27889
Circulation:8,644 Daily
8,829 Sunday
Issn:1057-7068
Newseditor:Vail Stewart Rumley
Oclc:990784684

The Washington Daily News is an American, English-language daily newspaper headquartered in and serving Washington, North Carolina and Beaufort County, North Carolina.

History

The newspaper was established in 1909. The paper also uses Facebook for sharing news and interacting with readers.[1] [2]

The paper won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series of articles that showed the city's water was contaminated and had been for eight years.[3] The newspaper was then family-owned.[4] It had a circulation of 8,644 Monday through Saturday and 8,829 on Sunday as of Sept. 30, 2019.[5] The newspaper was owned and published by the Futrell family from 1949 until 2010.

On June 16, 2010, the Futrell family announced the sale of the Washington Daily News to Washington Newsmedia LLC, a new company affiliated Boone Newspapers, Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[6] Boone Newspapers also owns the Tryon Daily Bulletin, The Stanley News and Press, the Salisbury Post, The Coastland Times, The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald, The Davie County Enterprise-Record and the Clemmons Courier.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Washington Daily News. Library of Congress. January 14, 2020.
  2. Web site: The Washington Daily News. Facebook. January 15, 2020.
  3. Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes for 1990. 2011-09-02.
  4. Web site: Washington Daily News online. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20041204010934/http://www.wdnweb.com/about. December 4, 2004. 2008-02-05.
  5. Book: Editor & Publisher DataBook (Dailies). Editor & Publisher Magazine. 2019. Florida. I-281.
  6. Web site: Futrells selling Washington Daily News. 2011-09-02.