The News Reporter

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The News Reporter
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11-17-2008 front page
Type Biweekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Justin Smith
Founded1896
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters127 W. Columbus St., Whiteville, North Carolina Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Circulation 8,100
Website whiteville.com

The News Reporter is a broadsheet semi-weekly (Tuesday and Friday) newspaper based in Whiteville, North Carolina.

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History

The paper was founded in 1896 and serves Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The News Reporter won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1953, shared with the Tabor City Tribune , for reporting of Ku Klux Klan activities in Columbus County, NC. [1] [2] [3]

The News Reporter had been owned by the Thompson/High family since 1938. [4] Les High and Stuart High Rogers sold the paper in 2021 to Justin Smith, the paper's editor. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Whiteville News Reporter and Tabor City Tribune". pulitzer.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Clore, Jenny. "The News Reporter > Our Newspaper > About Us". The News Reporter. Whiteville.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ High, Margaret (December 3, 2018). "This UNC student is a fourth-generation journalist carrying on the family tradition". Poynter. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ Clore, Jenny. "about". The News Reporter. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Whiteville News Reporter Sold". Cribb, Greene & Potts. August 9, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2024.


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