- Rome News-Tribune
Infobox Newspaper
name =Rome News-Tribune
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type = Daily newspaper
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foundation = 1843
ceased publication =
price = 50 cents [ [http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=GA_RNT&ref_pge=lst Rome News-Tribune] "Newseum "]
owners = [http://www.npco.com/ News Publishing Company]
publisher = Burgett H. Mooney III [http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?NPV2Datasource=Mywebpal&pnpid=680&show=custompage&CustomPageID=164 Editorial Department] "Rome News-Tribune"]
editor = Charlotte Atkins
chiefeditor =
assoceditor = Mike Colombo
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political =
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headquarters =Rome, Georgia
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website = [http://www.romenews-tribune.com Rome News Tribune]"Rome News-Tribune" is the local daily newspaper of Rome, Georgia. Begun originally as a
weekly newspaper , the paper has survived several merges with other newspapers. Aside from several months during the Civil War, the paper has been published continuously since 1843.cite book |author=Cox, Calvin; Grimes, Millard B. |title=The last linotype: the story of Georgia and its newspapers since World War II |publisher=Mercer University Press |location=Macon, GA |year=1985 |pages=403 |isbn=0-86554-190-6 |oclc= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7q4C6hESNrcC&pg=PA403&dq=%22Rome+News-Tribune&lr=&client=firefox-a&sig=VHq8qFJjTzBkafABTEpOBeU9rjo#PPA403,M1 |accessdate=] It is owned by theNews Publishing Company . [http://www.npco.com/npc/npchistory.html News Publishing Company – History] ]In an editorial in November 2007, the paper criticized a prosecutor's decision to prosecute a local comic book store owner on obscenity charges. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Sure funny stuff |url=http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=archivedetails&pnpid=680&om=1&ArchiveID=1317993&requesttimeout=100 |work= |publisher= |date=November 28, 2007 |accessdate=2008-04-28 ] The charges were later dismissed. The editorial was linked to by the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund . [ [http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000342.shtml Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, November 29, 2007 – Rome News-Tribune Condemns Gordon Lee Prosecution] ] .Notable former writers
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Henry W. Grady
*Bill Arp Awards
* [http://www.gapress.org/member_news.html 2007 New Frontier Award]
* [http://www.moultrieobserver.com/local/local_story_112225543.html 2006 Ron Autry Award]References
External links
* [http://news.mywebpal.com/index.cfm?pnpid=680 Rome News-Tribune]
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