Cherokee County Herald

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Cherokee County Post-Herald
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)David Crawford Jr.
PublisherDavid Crawford Jr.
EditorScott Wright
Founded1938
HeadquartersCentre, Alabama, United States
Circulation 1,500
Website cherokeeherald.com

The Cherokee County Post-Herald is a weekly newspaper in Centre, Alabama. [1]

Contents

Ownership

The Herald was founded by Joseph M. Shaw Sr. in 1938. He was a veteran and an active member in his community, participating in the Lion's Club, Centre Chamber of Commerce, and First Baptist Church. [2] Joseph "Joe" Shaw Jr., who was 17 when the paper first started, became assistant publisher of the Herald. He left his position at the paper for four years while he was in the Army and returned in 1946 as associate editor and publisher, [3] Joseph jr. took ownership of the Herald after his father's death in 1965. [4]

The Herald was the only weekly newspaper in Cherokee County until 1984, when Consolidated Publishing Co. started the Cherokee Sun as a weekly shopper. [5] The Sun was later sold to the Cherokee Publishing Co.. The shopper merged with the Cherokee County Herald and was provided to every household in the county not subscribed to the Herald. [6]

Melrose Shaw briefly became publisher after her husband's death, then retired from the newspaper business and sold the Herald to News Publishing Co. [7] David Crawford Jr., owner of the Cherokee County Post, bought the Herald from the News Publishing Company in 2017, restoring local ownership to the paper. [1]

In March 2020, Crawford combined The Post (a weekly shopper) and The Herald (the county's paper of record) into the Cherokee Post-Herald. Scott Wright, the editor of The Post since 2000, became the managing editor of the new weekly paper. Weekly circulation is 1,500 copies.

Awards

APA Better Newspaper Contest [8]
YearAwardPlaceRecipient
2018Best Editorial Page or Section1ststaff
2018Best Sports Single Event Story1stShannon Fagan
2018Best Sports News In-Depth Coverage3rdstaff
Alabama Sports Writers Association [9] [10]
YearAwardPlaceRecipient
2018Best Game Story1stShannon Fagan
2018Best Column or Feature2ndShannon Fagan
2015Best Story or Series Writing, Column1stShannon Fagan
2015Best Story or Series Writing, Column2ndShannon Fagan
2015Best Story or Series Writing, Game Story1stShannon Fagan
2015Best Story or Series Writing, Game Story2ndShannon Fagan
2015Herby Kirby Memorial Award1stShannon Fagan
Cherokee County Museum and Historical Society [11]
YearAwardRecipient
2017Baker-Dean Media AwardShannon Fagan

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References

  1. 1 2 "Herald is once again under local ownership". Cherokee County Herald. 2 Aug 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Shaw, 68, Succumbs". The Anniston Star. 14 June 1965. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Returns to Paper". The Dothan Eagle. 7 Jan 1946. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Deaths - Shaw". The Anniston Star. 20 Feb 1987. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Consolidated starts Cherokee weekly". The Anniston Star. 9 Feb 1984. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cherokee Sun sold to Cherokee Herald". The Anniston Star. 23 Dec 1988. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Cherokee Paper sells to Georgia Company". The Anniston Star. 10 May 1988. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced" (PDF). Alabama Press Association. 25 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "AL.com's Stephenson wins top Alabama sports writing award". AP News. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Cherokee County's Fagan wins top ASWA writing award". The Washington Times. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Dean, Terry (27 June 2017). "Shannon Fagan wins first Baker-Dean Media Award". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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