| The Shinnston News and Harrison County Journal | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Foundation: | 1898 |
| Owners: | Harrison County Publishing Co |
| Circulation: | 2,782 |
| Headquarters: | 223 Pike St Shinnston, WV |
The Shinnston News is a newspaper serving Shinnston, West Virginia, and surrounding Harrison County.[1] Published weekly, it has a circulation of 2,782 and is owned by Harrison County Publishing Co.[2]
The News was founded in 1898 as a weekly, and taken over by W. A. Meredith in 1902.[3] In 1909, R.C. Walker came on as editor and manager, with Meredith retaining control.[4] Two other generations of Merediths owned and operated the paper before 1980, when the business was sold to James Jackson and Boyd Dotson.[5]
Since 2014, the publisher is Michael Showell, with Leigh Merrifield as the editor.[6] Merrifield is a fourth generation descendant of W. A. Meredith.[7] Showell is owner of Mountain Media, a Lewisburg newspaper firm which operates a number of papers in West Virginia.[8]
In 1999, then publisher Kim Germondo, was named the West Virginia's Media Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.[9]