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The ''Concord Monitor'' is the daily newspaper for Concord, the state capital of New Hampshire. It also covers surrounding towns in
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, most of
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, as well as portions of
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, Rockingham and
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counties. The ''Monitor'' has several times been named as one of the best small papers in America and in April 2008, became a
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
winning paper, when photographer Preston Gannaway was honored for feature photography.


History

The ''Monitor'' has been published continuously since 1864, under a variety of names, including the ''Evening Monitor'', and owners. In the late 19th century it was owned by a publishing company called the Republican Press Association which also published a paper named the ''Independent Statesman''. Its masthead calls it the ''Concord Monitor and New Hampshire Patriot'', although the ''Monitor'' name is the only one in widespread use.
James M. Langley James McLellan Langley (October 11, 1894 – June 23, 1968) was an American newspaper editor and diplomat. Born in Hyde Park, Boston, to Frank Elmer Langley and Mary Bradford McLellan, James M. Langley was raised in Vermont, where his father, who l ...
, who had acquired both publications in the 1920s, was responsible for the merger. William Dwight, publisher of the '' Holyoke Transcript-Telegram'' in Massachusetts, bought the ''Monitor'' from Langley in 1961, becoming its publisher. When he retired in 1975, his son-in-law George W. Wilson took over both the ''Monitor'' and Newspapers of New England Inc., the holding company of Dwight's newspapers in Concord,
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and Greenfield, Massachusetts. The ''Monitor'' has been flagship of this chain — now encompassing four dailies and three weeklies in New Hampshire and Massachusetts — since 1993, when the ''Transcript-Telegram'' folded. Its 2004 circulation was 22,000 daily, 23,000 Sundays. More recent figures put the daily circulation around 20,000.Nationwide Advertising.com: Concord Monitor
figures for an undetermined date, accessed February 5, 2007.
In 2005, George W. Wilson retired as president of Newspapers of New England. Tom Brown became president of NNE, and Geordie Wilson, George W. Wilson's son, became publisher of the ''Monitor''. Brown retired in 2009 and was replaced by Aaron Julien, George W. Wilson's son-in-law. John Winn Miller, former publisher of ''The Olympian'' of Olympia, Wash., was named the ''Monitors publisher in 2010. In early 2013, Mark Travis, who had spent more than two decades at the paper as a reporter and editor, succeeded Miller as publisher. In June 2013, Travis also became editor. Travis left his dual roles at the paper in February 2014, with David Sangiorgio stepping in as acting publisher. Heather McKernan replaced Sangiorgio as publisher in May 2017; she also continued to hold the title of publisher at the '' Monadnock Ledger-Transcript'' in Peterborough, another NNE-owned newspaper.


Awards and honors

Photographer Preston Gannaway won the 2008
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or phot ...
in April 2008, shortly after departing from the ''Monitor''. Gannaway was honored for her work on a project called "Remember Me" chronicling a local woman's death. It was the first time a newspaper in New Hampshire was awarded the prize. The ''Monitor'' stood out as the smallest paper to win an award that year, with its circulation just a fraction of the next smallest, the ''
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''. While 2008 was the first year the ''Monitor'' or one of its staff won a Pulitzer, the paper has a number of alums who have been honored, including Jo Becker of '' The New York Times'' and Steven Pearlstein of '' The Washington Post,'' both of whom also won the award in 2008. In 1999, the '' Columbia Journalism Review'' said that the ''Monitor'' was the best small paper in America and '' Time'' magazine has named it one of "America's best newspapers".


Notable people

* Jo Becker, former writer, and current ''New York Times'' reporter * William E. Chandler, U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Navy, owner and editor of the ''Monitor'' for 40 years * Kate Davidson, former reporter and current Morning Money newsletter writer for Politico * Preston Gannaway, a photographer awarded a 2008
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
for her work while at the ''Monitor'' *
Dan Habib Dan Habib is an American documentary film director, producer, and cinematographer based in Concord, New Hampshire. His award-winning films on disability-related topics include ''Who Cares About Kelsey?'', ''Including Samuel'', ''Intelligent Live ...
, former photo editor and current documentary filmmaker * Sarah Koenig, former writer, current public radio personality, producer of '' This American Life'' and executive producer and host of the podcast '' Serial (podcast)''. *
James M. Langley James McLellan Langley (October 11, 1894 – June 23, 1968) was an American newspaper editor and diplomat. Born in Hyde Park, Boston, to Frank Elmer Langley and Mary Bradford McLellan, James M. Langley was raised in Vermont, where his father, who l ...
, former editor and U.S. ambassador to Pakistan * George H. Moses, former editor, later a United States Senator from New Hampshire * Steven Pearlstein, former writer, and current '' Washington Post'' columnist *
Edward Nathan Pearson Edward Nathan Pearson (September 7, 1859 – January 26, 1924) was the New Hampshire Secretary of State from 1899 to 1915. Biography He was born in West Boscawen, New Hampshire, September 7, 1859, the son of John Couch and Elizabeth S. (Colb ...
, former city editor of the ''Concord Evening Monitor'' and New Hampshire Secretary of State from 1899 to 1915 * Mike Pride, editor emeritus and later administrator of the
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
s from 2014 to 2017 *
Margot Sanger-Katz Margot Sanger-Katz is an American journalist, currently working for ''the New York Times,'' where she covers health policy. Prior to joining the Times, she worked for ''National Journal'' and the ''Concord Monitor''. She has also worked at ''Yale A ...
, former reporter and current '' New York Times'' health policy reporter


Prices

The ''Concord Monitor'' prices are: $1.50 daily, $3.00 Sunday.


See also

*
New Hampshire State House press The General Court of New Hampshire is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The lower house is the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 400 members. The upper house is the New Hampshire Senate with 24 members ...
* '' Foster's Daily Democrat'' * '' New Hampshire Union Leader'' * '' Telegraph of Nashua'' * '' The Portsmouth Herald''


References


External links

* {{NNE, Concord Monitor Publications established in 1864 Concord, New Hampshire Newspapers published in New Hampshire 1864 establishments in New Hampshire