The ''Hattiesburg American'' is a
U.S. newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
based in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County. The city population was 45,989 at the 2010 census, with the populat ...
, that serves readers in
Forrest,
Lamar, and surrounding counties in south-central Mississippi. The newspaper is owned by
Gannett.
History
The ''Hattiesburg American'' was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper, the ''Hattiesburg Progress''.
In 1907, the ''Hattiesburg Progress'' was acquired by ''The Hattiesburg Daily News''. When the U.S. entered
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the ''Hattiesburg American''.
The ''Hattiesburg American'' was purchased by the Harmon family in the 1920s and was sold to the Hederman family in 1960.
Gannett acquired the newspaper in 1982.
In 2005, the ''Hattiesburg American'' received Gannett's 10th Freedom of Information Award for outstanding work on behalf of the
First Amendment. In settlement documents filed in federal court in
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...
, the U.S. government conceded that the
U.S. Marshals Service violated federal law when a marshal ordered reporters with the
Associated Press
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and the ''Hattiesburg American'' to erase their recordings of a 2004 speech given by
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia (; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectu ...
at a high school in Hattiesburg.
In 2009, publication of the ''Hattiesburg American'' was moved to Gannett's ''
Clarion-Ledger'' facility in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2010, Gannett announced its intention to sell the 38,000 square foot (3,500 square meter) building which housed the ''Hattiesburg American'' operations at 825 North Main Street, and an agreement was reached with a Hattiesburg Commercial Realtor to sell the building. In June 2014, the ''Hattiesburg American'' staff announced they would vacate the Main Street location and move their offices to 4200 Mamie Street in midtown Hattiesburg. By 2022, the ''Hattiesburg American'' newsroom had moved to 403 Main Street in Hattiesburg.
In 2017, Nathan Edwards, President of the ''Hattiesburg American'', announced that the newspaper would stop its seven-days-a-week print production and publish on three days a week (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday), beginning April 5, 2017. In 2018, Edwards announced his resignation from ''Hattiesburg American''.
See also
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Lewis Elliott Chaze
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Iris Kelso
References
External links
''Hattiesburg American''Mobile
{{Gannett
Newspapers published in Mississippi
Gannett publications
Forrest County, Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Publications established in 1897