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Coverage: Current issues only approximately past two months - replaced by microfilm see below. Location: Newspaper Room. Location: Storage Library. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Coverage: Nov. Location: Microforms Collection, Level 1. Coverage: Feb. Coverage: June 17, Nov.
Using Newspapers in Print and Microfilm Formats How do you search for information in newspapers that are only available in print or microfilm format? In November , the two papers, which were once fierce competitors, merged to produce one daily morning paper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The two papers had published a combined edition on weekends and holidays for years.
This was also necessary to satisfy Federal Communications Commission FCC rules preventing the excessive concentration of media ownership , preventing the combined paper from running two stations. In , Bill Dedman received the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for "The Color of Money," his expose on racial discrimination in mortgage lending, or redlining , by Atlanta banks.
In , Mike Toner received the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for "When Bugs Fight Back," his series about organisms and their resistance to antibiotics and pesticides. In she was named Editor of the Year in by Editor and Publisher magazine. Mike Luckovich again won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial cartooning in , an award he had received in under The Atlanta Constitution banner.
The paper used to cover all counties in Georgia , and the bordering counties of western North Carolina where many Atlantans vacation or have second homes, in addition to some circulation in other bordering communities, such as Tallahassee, Florida , where the Sunday AJC was available. Due to the downturn in the newspaper industry, it contracted dramatically in the late s to only serve the metro area. Later that year, the AJC consolidated its printing operations by transferring the downtown production center to the Gwinnett County facility.
In the newspaper relocated its headquarters to leased offices in Dunwoody, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The AJC has four major sections daily. On Sundays, it has additional sections. The main section usually consists of Georgia news, Nationwide news, World news, and Business news. Another AJC section is called Metro. This includes major headlines from the Metro-Atlanta area.
The Metro section usually reports the weather as well. The next section is Sports. The Sports section reports anything sports related. The Metro and Sports sections often contain "The Vent" where readers vent about things that are currently happening. The final section of the daily AJC is Living. In this section, you will find articles, recipes, reviews, movie times, a sudoku, a crossword puzzle, and a word scramble.
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The paper remained in family hands until Clark Howell was a consummate newsman and public servant. He served as director of the Associated Press news-gathering operation at its inception in , was a Democratic National Committee member from Georgia for thirty-two years, and served two terms in the state legislature.
He ran for governor in but was defeated by the powerful Hoke Smith , a former owner of the rival Atlanta Journal.
The Atlanta Journal , an afternoon paper under the banner of founder E. Hoge had invested in the latest printing presses, which turned out a sparkling product, but it was old-fashioned reporting that propelled his newspaper in its first year. At about a. The Constitution had already printed its Sunday edition, but the upstart Journal quickly produced an extra edition that was distributed statewide with the news.
Compliments and credibility followed. Smith and the Journal were strong supporters of Democrat Grover Cleveland in the presidential election. When Cleveland was elected, he repaid Smith by appointing him to the cabinet as secretary of the interior, thus bringing national attention to Smith and to the Journal. By the Journal employed people and had a daily circulation of 30, Smith and several minority stockholders decided to sell the paper to James Gray, Morris Brandon, and H. Innovation continued under the new management, most particularly under Gray, who served as editor and publisher.
The Sunday magazine published original syndicated work by many of the leading writers of the time, such as Harold Ross, founder of the New Yorker magazine; novelist Erskine Caldwell ; and humorist Will Rogers. The novelist Margaret Mitchell was a young staff writer for the Sunday magazine. Under Gray the Journal also took progressive editorial positions—becoming an early proponent of better roads to accommodate the infant automobile industry.
Gray died unexpectedly in , at the pinnacle of his career. Cohen took over leadership of the Journal , serving as president and editor until his death in In WSB joined the fledgling NBC network, and within a decade it had become a 50,watt powerhouse that could be heard at points throughout the country. To keep up with the rival Journal , the Constitution entered the radio business on March 16, a day after WSB went on the air.
A year later Constitution owner Clark Howell Sr. The license was allowed to expire in , but the following year a new license was granted with the call letters WGST, standing for Georgia School of Technology. Operating as a commercial station with educational opportunities for students, the radio station was officially owned by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
In the station was sold to a private corporation and remains on the air today. Before and after World War I , the Constitution editorialized for peace; the paper also supported U. When he returned in , Howell Jr.
After his father died in , he became publisher, and finally in he added the title of editor. On April 2, , the Constitution hired a young Tennessean named Ralph McGill as an assistant sports editor, thus launching the career of the most famous Atlanta journalist since Henry Grady. Two years later McGill became sports editor; he soon switched to general news reporting and in became executive editor.
When McGill became the eighth editor of the Constitution in , he began writing personal essay columns, which allowed him the latitude to address injustices and inequities wherever he found them. He urged the reform of farming practices, the elimination of the county unit system , and an end to prejudices that sullied the reputation of Georgia and the region. McGill was named publisher of the Constitution in and served in that role until his death in With the purchase of the Dayton Ohio Daily News in , Cox started what would grow to become a media empire.
He soon went into politics, ultimately serving three terms as governor of Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for president in , with Franklin D.
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