Belleville News-Democrat

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Belleville News-Democrat
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of the Belleville News-Democrat
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) The McClatchy Company
EditorJeffry Couch
Founded1858
Headquarters120 South Illinois St.
Belleville, IL 62220-2130
United States
Circulation 14,133 Daily
40,829 Sunday(as of 2020) [1]
Website bnd.com

The Belleville News-Democrat is a daily newspaper in Belleville, Illinois. Focusing on news that is local to the area of southwestern Illinois, it has been published under various names for 150 years. As of 2009, it is published by The McClatchy Company, and is based in St. Clair County, Illinois. It publishes content in print as well as online at bnd.com.

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History

The Belleville News-Democrat was founded in 1858 as the Weekly Democrat. In the early 1860s, it merged with the Belleville News to become the Belleville News-Democrat. It was a family-owned newspaper until 1972, when it was purchased by Capital Cities Communications. When Disney acquired Capital Cities, it briefly owned the News-Democrat until Knight Ridder acquired the newspaper in 1997. McClatchy acquired the paper in 2006 with its purchase of Knight Ridder.

Beginning Oct. 30, 2023, the paper will have its print days reduced to two a week, Wednesdays and Sundays, and be delivered by U.S Postal. [2]

Distinction

The Belleville News-Democrat has been featured on the television programs 60 Minutes , Dateline and Nightline , as an example of investigative reporting. [3] In 2003, an article in Editor & Publisher called the News-Democrat one of "Ten newspapers that do it right" under the leadership of former publisher, Gary Berkeley, and former editor, Greg Edwards. It is also the only newspaper in Illinois or Missouri to grow net paid circulation for ten years in a row, and is a frequent winner in state and regional journalism awards.

In 2007, News-Democrat reporters Beth Hundsdorfer and George Pawlaczyk won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for "Lethal Lapses", a series investigating errors of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that resulted in the deaths of 53 children. [4]

On February 13, 2020, The McClatchy Company and 54 affiliated companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The company cited pension obligations and excessive debt as the primary reasons for the filing. [5] [6] [7]

Staff

The newspaper employs approximately 280 people, plus about 75 at its weekly ancillary papers. The newsroom staff consists of 26 reporters, 12 editors, seven copy editors, four photographers, three newsroom assistants and an editorial cartoonist, (see: Glenn McCoy).

Other publications

It publishes separate editions in Madison County and St. Clair County.

The News-Democrat also publishes the following weekly papers:

Counties served

Illinois

Missouri

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  2. Couch, Jeffry (25 August 2023). "Belleville News-Democrat to change print days, delivery method as digital transition evolves". bnd.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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