The ''Mansfield News Journal'' is an American daily
newspaper
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based in
Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield is a city in Richland County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 47,534 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located approximately from Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, Columbus via Interstate 71, it i ...
. It serves
Richland,
Ashland and
Crawford counties, as well as parts of
Morrow
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* Morrow, Arkansas
*Morrow, Georgia
* Morrow, Louisiana
* Morrow, Ohio
*Morrow County, Ohio
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Canada
*Morrow Lake, Ontario
*Mount Morrow, Northwest Ter ...
,
Knox and
Huron
Huron may refer to:
Native American ethnography
* Huron people, who have been called Wyandotte, Wyandot, Wendat and Quendat
* Huron language, an Iroquoian language
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counties in the north central part of the state.
History
The
Library of Congress
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records the ''Manfield News'' as operating from 1894 to 1932. W.S. Cappeller and H.S. Heistand were its publishers.
Howard Louis Conard
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, who went on to serve as
Ohio State Librarian
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and who authored biographies and edit encyclopedias, was an editor at the paper.
The ''News Journal'' was formed by the merger of the ''Mansfield News'' and the ''Mansfield Journal'' in 1932. The paper celebrated its 75th anniversary in December 2007.
Overview
Ted Daniels is the newspaper's managing editor. Daniels filled the role in January 2016 after the retirement of longtime editor Tom Brennan.
The paper is owned by Gannett (The USA Today Network of Ohio) and has downsized its print operation in recent years to focus more upon online content. Effective March 5, 2022, the Saturday newspaper moved to an only online format they call their e-edition.
Awards
The newspaper's web site was chosen the state's best among newspapers in its circulation category in 2007 in the annual AP contest.
See also
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References
External links
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* https://mansfieldnewsjournal.newspapers.com/
Mansfield, Ohio
Newspapers published in Ohio
Newspapers established in 1930
Gannett publications
1930 establishments in Ohio
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