Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Infobox Newspaper
name = Columbus Ledger-Enquirer


caption = The July 27, 2005 front page
of the "Columbus Ledger-Enquirer"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1828
(as "The Columbus Enquirer")
ceased publication =
price =
owners = The McClatchy Company
publisher = Valerie Canepa
editor = Ben Holden
language =
political =
circulation = 45,661 Monday - Thursday
49,022 Friday & Saturday
57,656 daily
headquarters = 17 W. 12th St.
Columbus, GA 31901-2413
United States
ISSN =
website = [http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/ www.Ledger-Enquirer.com]

The "Columbus Ledger-Enquirer" is a McClatchy newspaper headquartered in Columbus, Georgia, in the United States. It was founded in 1828 as the "Columbus Enquirer" by Mirabeau B. Lamar [ [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/presidents/lamar/m_lamar_jan_1828.html Prospectus for the Columbus Enquirer, 1828] , tsl.state.tx.us; retrieved April 2007] , who later played a pivotal role in the founding of the Republic of Texas and served as its third President. [ [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/presidents/lamar/intro.html President Mirabeau B. Lamar] , tsl.state.tx.us; retrieved March 2008] The newspaper is a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. [http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1926 The Pulitzer Prizes for 1926] , pulitzer.org; retrieved September 2008] [http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1955 The Pulitzer Prizes for 1955] , pulitzer.org; retrieved September 2008]

History

In 1874, the "Columbus Enquirer", until then a weekly publication, merged with Columbus's first daily newspaper, the "Daily Sun", to form the "Columbus Enquirer-Sun". [ [http://web.library.emory.edu/subjects/humanities/history/news/NewspGA.html#ga11 Newspaper List:Georgia] , web.library.emory.edu; retrieved April 2007] The paper was published under this name for many years before eventually dropping the hyphen and reverting back to the name "Columbus Enquirer". The paper was purchased by R. W. Page in 1930. [http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/353.html The McClatchy Company - Newspaper Profiles] , mcclatchy.com; retrieved September 2008] For many years the morning "Columbus Enquirer" and the afternoon "Columbus Ledger", a paper founded in 1886, and also owned by R. W. Page, published a combined Sunday paper known as the "Sunday Ledger-Enquirer". Knight Newspapers acquired the company in 1973, and in 1988 the papers merged the daily edition as well, adpoting the name "Columbus Ledger-Enquirer". [http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/353.html The McClatchy Company - Newspaper Profiles] , mcclatchy.com; retrieved September 2008] . Knight Ridder was acquired by The McClatchy Company in 2006. [http://www.mcclatchy.com/100/story/340.html The McClatchy Company - About] , mcclatchy.com; retrieved September 2008]

1926 Pulitzer Prize

The "Columbus Enquirer-Sun" was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service "for the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the Negro and against lynching." [http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1926 The Pulitzer Prizes for 1926] , pulitzer.org; retrieved September 2008]

1955 Pulitzer Prize

The "Columbus Ledger" and "Sunday Ledger-Enquirer" were awarded the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their "complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring Phenix City, Alabama which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government. The newspaper exhibited an early awareness of the evils of lax law enforcement before the situation in Phenix City erupted into murder. It covered the whole unfolding story of the final prosecution of the wrong-doers with skill, perception, force and courage." [http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1955 The Pulitzer Prizes for 1955] , pulitzer.org; retrieved September 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/ Ledger-Enquirer.com official website]
* [http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/353.html The McClatchy Company's subsidiary profile of the "Columbus Ledger-Enquirer"]