Everything about The Courier-journal totally explained
The Courier-Journal, nicknamed the
"C-J", is the main
newspaper for the city of
Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the
1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the
United States and the single largest in
Kentucky.
The Courier-Journal also owns the
alternative weekly paper
Velocity, which is provided free of charge.
History
Origins
The Courier-Journal was created from the merger of several newspapers introduced in
Kentucky in the 1800s.
Pioneer paper
The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature, was founded in 1826 in Louisville when the city was an early settlement of less than 7,000 individuals. In 1830 a new newspaper,
The Louisville Daily Journal, began distribution in the city and, in 1832, absorbed
The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature. The
Journal was an organ of the
Whig Party, founded and edited by
George D. Prentice, a New Englander who initially came to Kentucky to write a biography of
Henry Clay. Prentice would edit the
Journal for more than 40 years.
In 1844, another newspaper, the
Louisville Morning Courier was founded in Louisville by
Walter N. Haldeman.
The Louisville Daily Journal and the
Louisville Morning Courier were the news leaders in
Louisville and were politically opposed throughout the
Civil War;
The Journal was
against slavery while the
Courier was
pro-Confederacy. The
Courier was suppressed by the Union and had to move to Nashville, but returned to Louisville after the war.
In 1868, an ailing Prentice persuaded the 28-year-old
Henry Watterson to come edit to the
Journal. During secret negotiations in 1868,
The Journal and the
Courier merged and the first edition of
The Courier-Journal was delivered to Louisvillians on Sunday morning,
8 November,
1868.
Watterson era
Henry Watterson, the son of a Tennessee congressman, had written for
Harper's Magazine and the
New York Times before enlisting in the
Confederate Army. He became nationally known for his work as the Courier-Journal emerged as the region's leading paper. He supported the Democratic Party and pushed for the industrialization of Kentucky and the South in general, notably through urging the
Southern Exposition be held in Louisville. He attracted controversy for attempting to prove that
Christopher Marlowe had actually written the works of
Shakespeare. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1917 for editorials demanding the United States enter
World War I.
The Courier-Journal founded a companion afternoon edition of the paper,
The Louisville Times, in May 1884. In 1896, Watterson and Haldeman opposed Democratic presidential candidate
William Jennings Bryan over his support of "
Free Silver" coinage. This unpopular decision upset readers and advertisers, many of whom pulled their support for the
Courier-Journal. Kentucky voted for the Republican candidate in 1896, the first time in state history, and local political leaders blamed the Courier. Only the popularity of the
Louisville Times, which had no strong editorial reputation, saved the newspaper company from bankruptcy. The Courier supported Bryan in future elections.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize
| Year |
Category |
Recipient |
For |
| 1918 |
Editorial Writing |
Henry Watterson |
For his two World War I editorials "War Has Its Compensation" (10 April, 1918), and "Vae Victis" (17 May, 1918). |
| 1926 |
Reporting |
William Burke "Skeets" Miller |
For his coverage of the attempts to rescue Floyd Collins trapped in Sand Cave,
now part of Mammoth Cave National Park (February, 1925).
|
| 1956 |
Editorial Cartooning |
Robert York |
For his cartoon "Achilles" showing a bulging figure of American prosperity tapering to a weak heel labeled "farm prices". Appeared in The Louisville Times, (16 September, 1955). |
| 1967 |
Public Service |
The Courier Journal |
For its "meritorious public service" during 1966 in its fight against the ravages of Kentucky strip mining. |
| 1969 |
Local General or Spot News Reporting |
John Fetterman |
For coverage of the funeral for a Vietnam casualty from Kentucky, "PFC Gibson comes home" (28 July, 1968). |
| 1976 |
Feature Photography |
The Courier Journal and The Louisville Times |
For photo coverage of court-ordered busing in Jefferson County in 1975.
|
| 1978 |
Local General or Spot News Reporting |
Rich Whitt |
For his coverage and three months of investigation of the disastrous 28 May, 1977 fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky in Campbell County. |
| 1980 |
International Reporting |
Joel Brinkley and Jay Mather |
For international reporting in a series of articles, "Living the Cambodian Nightmare," their vivid account of refugees in Southeast Asia (December, 1979). |
| 1989 |
General Reporting |
The Courier Journal |
For its exemplary initial coverage of a bus crash in Carroll County, Kentucky that claimed 27 lives and its subsequent thorough and effective examination of the causes and implications of the tragedy (1988). |
| 2005 |
Editorial Cartoon |
Nick Anderson |
For his portfolio of twenty editorial cartoons.(External Link ) |
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