The Monroe News
Star is the principal newspaper of Monroe
and
northeastern Louisiana
. Its circulation area ranges over some dozen
parishes from Ruston
, the seat of
Lincoln Parish, on the west, to
Tallulah
in Madison Parish on
the east, to the Arkansas
state line
on the north, and to Ferriday
in Concordia Parish
on the south. The newspaper is a
Gannett Company publication.
Evolution of the News Star
The
News Star began in
1890 as the
Monroe Evening News. In 1909, the
Evening News
merged with the
Daily Star to form the afternoon
newspaper, the
Monroe News-Star.
In 1908, Robert Wilson Ewing, I
(1859-1931), while still the publisher of
the since defunct New
Orleans
Daily States, purchased the Shreveport Times. In
1929, Ewing bought the since defunct
Monroe Morning World.
In 1930, he acquired the
News-Star, since switched from an
afternoon to a morning publication. Ewing was accordingly among the
two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana
journalism community.The two Monroe newspapers
remained in the Ewing family until the Gannett acquisition on
June 16,
1977. The
Morning World and
News-Star consolidated on
August 4,
1980, to
become
The News-Star-World. The name was later changed and
the first edition of
The News Star was printed on
May 22,
1988.
John D. Ewing (1892-1952), one of the five sons of
Robert Ewing, was
editor and
publisher of the
Shreveport Times and the
Monroe News-Star-World from 1931 until his death.
John Ewing
moved to Shreveport
in 1915 to become the associate publisher of the
Shreveport Times. When his father died, Ewing
became the publisher of the
Shreveport Times and both
Monroe papers. All three newspapers were known for their
conservative editorials.
Robert Ewing, III (1935-2007), a
nephew of John Ewing, was a nature
photographer and served as a
News Star
board member..
Another Ewing relative, Edmund Graves Brown (1921-2008), was a
News Star executive who served as the assistant general
manager until Gannett, an Arlington, Virginia
, firm, purchased the combined
News-Star-World. In 1980, “World” was dropped from
the name, which became the
News Star, without a
hyphen.
Recent endorsements
The
News Star usually endorses conservative candidates. In
2004, it supported successful
Republicans Rodney Alexander for the
United States House of
Representatives and
David Vitter
for the
United States Senate.
In 2007, the paper endorsed
Royal
Alexander, a former Rodney Alexander staff member (no
relation), who unsuccessfully carried the
Republican Party banner for
Louisiana
attorney general in the
2007 elections. Royal Alexander of Shreveport was handily defeated
by
Buddy Caldwell of Tallulah, after
incumbent Charles
Foti was eliminated in the first round of balloting.
Divisions of the News Star
News
Sports
Voices and Views (Opinion)
Weather
Accent (Features)
Business
Multimedia
Obituaries
Entertainment
Classified
Customer Service
Newsroom of the
Monroe News
Star
Notable staff members
Charles E.
Bever, former managing editor and later
Gannett executive, now in Richmond, Virginia
Greg Hilburn,
News Star political reporter
Wiley W. Hilburn, former staffer and long-term head
of the Journalism Department at
Louisiana Tech University in
Ruston
Kathy Spurlock, executive editor who began career at
News
Star as cub reporter
References
- About Us | thenewsstar.com | The News Star
- "Robert Ewing", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,
Vol. 1 (1988), pp.
292-293
- "John Dunbrack Ewing", A Dictionary of Louisiana
Biography, Vol. 1 (1988), p. 292
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http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/OBITUARIES/704010344/1023
- thenewsstar.com | Monroe OBITUARY | The News
Star
- David Vitter | U.S. Senate
- Dhimmi This!: Monroe News Star Endorses Royal
Alexander
- Obituaries from News-Star, Monroe, LA
- thenewsstar.com | The News Star | Monroe news,
community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving
Monroe, LA
- Former News-Star executive Edmund Brown dies |
ShreveportTimes | The Times
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