The Times-Journal
June 4, 2008 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Southern Newspapers |
| Publisher | Tricia Dunne |
| Managing editor | Emily Kirby |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 811 Greenhill Blvd. NW Fort Payne, Alabama, 35967 |
| Circulation | 5,000 (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) |
| Website | times-journal.com |
The Times-Journal newspaper appears three times a week is published in Fort Payne, Alabama and serves the DeKalb County, Alabama region. The Times-Journal was a Southern Newspapers publication for 60 years before selling to Patrick Graham in 2019,[1] along with sister papers in Albertville and Scottsboro. The Times-Journal resulted from the merger in 1959 of the Fort Payne Journal, first published in 1878, and the Times-New Era. The latter newspaper was the product of the 1951 merger of The DeKalb Times and The Collinsville New Era.[2][3]
Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the Times-Journal has the nineteenth highest daily circulation.[4]
The Times-Journal has won numerous awards from state newspaper associations, such as the Alabama Press Association and the Associated Press Managing Editors.[5]
The Weekly Post was a weekly newspaper published in Rainsville, Alabama, by Southern Newspapers and serving the DeKalb County, Alabama region. It was founded in 1986 by Carey and Teri Baker. In 2010 the Times-Journal absorbed the smaller sister-paper, the Weekly Post.[6]
| Year | Award | Place | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Humorous Column | 1st | Bradley Roberts |
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