North Georgia News

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North Georgia News
The North Georgia News newspaper in Blairsville, Georgia, dated March 16, 1928.jpg
The March 16, 1928, front page of The North Georgia News
TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
OwnerKenneth West [1]
EditorShawn Jarrard [1]
Sports editorTodd Forrest
Founded1909
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Blairsville, GA, 30514
United States
ISSN 1947-5217
OCLC number 19346950
Website nganews.com

The North Georgia News is one of the highest-circulation weekly newspapers in North Georgia. [2] It covers Blairsville, Georgia, and Union County. [1]

Contents

North Georgia News headquarters in Blairsville North Georgia News and West Printing Company newspaper building in Blairsville, Union County.jpg
North Georgia News headquarters in Blairsville

The newspaper launched in 1909. Its first publisher was F.A. Miller. [3]

The North Georgia News was preceded by the Blairsville Free Press which was started by J.A. Butt Jr., and The Blairsville Herald which was published by Quillian & Wellborn. Both newspapers began in 1892 and ceased publication in an unknown year. [4] [5]

From 2001 until 2012, the North Georgia News faced competition from the Union Sentinel. Today the North Georgia News is the only newspaper printed in the county. [6] [7]

Notable contributors

  1. Tom DeTitta, former editor who penned Georgia's official state drama, The Reach of Song [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "North Georgia News" . Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Playwright Tom DeTitta Named 2014 Artist-in-Residence". www.fairmontstate.edu. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ "The North Georgia News (Blairsville, Ga.) 1909-Current". Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries. The Library of Congress . Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Blairsville free press. (Blairsville, Ga.) 1896-1???". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Blairsville herald. (Blairsville, Ga.) 1892-????". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia.
  6. ↑ "Union Sentinel Newspaper". United States (USA) Business Database. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Union Sentinel". MondoTimes. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  8. ↑ DeTitta, Tom. "A World of Words". Tom DeTitta: Author, Playwright, Journalist. Retrieved February 26, 2024.


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