The ''Knoxville News Sentinel, also known as Knox News,'' is a daily newspaper in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...
, United States, owned by the
Gannett Company
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Edward J. Meeman
Edward John Meeman (October 2, 1889 – November 15, 1966) was an American journalist and editor.
Biography
Meeman was born in Evansville, Indiana.Ed FrankEdward John Meeman Tennessee Encyclopedia. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, a ...
, later was sent to Memphis to edit the since defunct '' Memphis Press-Scimitar''.
In 1986, the ''News-Sentinel'' became a morning paper, with the other paper in Knoxville, the ''
Knoxville Journal
''The Knoxville Journal'' was a daily newspaper published in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, between 1886 and 1991. It operated first as a morning and then as an afternoon publication.
On December 31, 1991, its last owner, the Persis Corp ...
'', becoming an evening paper. The ''Journal'' ceased publication as a daily in 1991, when the joint operating agreement between the two papers expired. In 2002, the paper dropped the hyphen from its name to become the ''Knoxville News Sentinel''.
In April 2016, th News Sentinel announced it had become part of
Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.USA Today Network. The News Sentinel was added to the nation's largest newspaper company with more than 200 local dailies and USA Today.
Management
Joel Christopher, formerly of
Louisville Courier Journal
The ''Courier Journal'',
also known as the
''Louisville Courier Journal''
(and informally ''The C-J'' or ''The Courier''), and called ''The Courier-Journal'' between November 8, 1868, and October 29, 2017,
is the highest circulation newspape ...
, was appointed the executive editor at Knoxville News Sentinel in Jan. 2019.
Christopher's appointment came after the retirement of executive editor Jack McElroy in early 2019. McElroy, formerly of the ''
Rocky Mountain News
The ''Rocky Mountain News'' (nicknamed the ''Rocky'') was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As ...
'' served the News Sentinel as its top editor for 17 years.
Frank E Rosamond Sr. served as the newspaper's last president after leaving the company with McElroy in 2018.
Knox News
Knox News, the digital brand of the News Sentinel an Knoxnews.com has won many national awards, including winning three 2008
Digital Edge Award
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Technology and computing Hardware
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s from the
Newspaper Association of America
The News Media Alliance (formerly known as the Newspaper Association of America until 2016Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scri ...
:
* 1940: Laura Kuykendall (now Laura Kuykendall Mullins) "therapy"
* 1960:
Henry Feldman
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scrip ...
"eudaemonic"
* 1963:
Glen Van Slyke III
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scrip ...
"equipage"
* 1994:
Ned Andrews
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