About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: McClatchy family (newspapers), McClatchy publications, The State, The Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, The News & Observer, Anchorage Daily News, The Sacramento Bee, The Charlotte Observer, Lexington Herald-Leader, Florida Keys Keynoter, Ledger-Enquirer, The Telegraph, El Nuevo Herald, Belleville News-Democrat, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Wichita Eagle, Idaho Statesman, The Herald, Merced Sun-Star, The Fresno Bee, Sun Herald, The Bellingham Herald, The Sun News, The Island Packet, The News Tribune, The Olympian, Tri-City Herald, James McClatchy, The Bradenton Herald, Centre Daily Times, The Modesto Bee, The Beaufort Gazette, The Tribune, Charles Kenny McClatchy, The Olathe News, James B. McClatchy. Excerpt: The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Founded in 1903, it is the largest newspaper in South Florida, serving Miami-Dade, Broward County and Monroe County, and circulates throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The newspaper employs over 800 people in Miami and across several bureaus, including Bogota, Managua, Tallahassee, Vero Beach, Key West, and shared space in McClatchy's Washington bureau. Its newsroom staff of about 450 includes 144 reporters, 69 editors, 69 copy editors, 29 photographers, five graphic artists (not including page designers), 11 columnists, six critics, 48 editorial specialists, and 18 news assistants. In June 2009, The Miami Herald announced widespread layoffs in June 2008, with plans to cut 250 full-time jobs-17 percent of the newspaper's workforce. The newspaper has been awarded 20 Pulitzer Prizes since beginning publication in 1903. Well-known columnists are Pulitzer-winning political commentator Leonard Pitts, Jr., humorist Dave Barry and novelist Carl Hi...