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The Clarion-Ledger
The Clarion-Ledger is a Jackson-based daily newspaper with state-wide circulation. The paper was owned by the Hederman family during the 1960s and was an extremely racist newspaper, along with the family’s other daily paper, the Jackson Daily News. In 1983, for work done under the more progressive Rea Hederman (now of the New York Review of Books) in 1982, the paper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Mississippi educational system. After Rea Hederman’s brief period of glory, the Gannett Company bought The Clarion-Ledger in 1982.
From Wikipedia:
The paper traces its roots to The Eastern Clarion, founded in Jasper County, Mississippi in 1837. The Clarion later moved to Meridian, Mississippi and after the American Civil War, to Jackson. In Jackson, the Clarion-Ledger was launched on a permanent basis by journalists J.L. Power and R.H. Henry until 1920, when the daily was sold to Thomas and Robert Hederman. From 1920 through 1982, the Clarion was operated by Thomas and Robert Hederman. In 1982, it was purchased by Gannett.
External links:
History of The Clarion-Ledger from Gannett Corp.’s CareerBuilder site
Gannett Corporate Profile of The Clarion-Ledger
Gannett’s Code of Ethics
