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based in

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. Its distribution area includes 12

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in Northwest

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and three counties in

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. Its coverage focuses on issues affecting the Shreveport-Bossier market, and includes investigative reporting, community news, arts and entertainment, government, education, sports, business, and religion, along with local opinion/commentary. Its website provides news updates, videos, photo galleries, forums, blogs, event calendars, entertainment, classifieds, contests, databases, and a regional search engine. Local news content produced by ''The Times'' is available on the website at no charge for seven days.

History

1902 Shreveport Times newspaper advert Louisiana

From 1895 to 1991, ''The Times'' had competition from the afternoon Monday-Saturday daily, the since defunct ''

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''. The papers were later printed at the same 222 Lake Street address and shared opposite sides of the building, but were entirely separate and independent of the other. Publisher Charles T. Beaird, effective March 30, 1991, closed the ''Shreveport Journal'' for financial reasons stemming from sharply reduced circulation. Thereafter, the page opposite the editorial page of ''The Times'', commonly called the

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, was reserved as "The Journal Page" for editorial comment until December 31, 1999. Beginning in October 2017, ''The Times'' was no longer locally published because the distribution center in Shreveport closed to reduce production and labor costs. ''The Times'' instead is printed at another Gannett publication, the ''

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'' in

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, a commute of 65 miles one-way. ''

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'', which had been published in Shreveport, is printed at the ''

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'' in

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. The change is not expected to impact delivery schedules.

Community interaction

''The Times'' sponsors political debates, economic summits, forums, leadership awards, and other community-oriented initiatives. It also provides community support through

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grants and community partnerships. For more than 30 years,'' The Times'' "Joy Fund" has provided funds to charitable organizations during the holidays through donations provided by readers, with funds exceeding $100,000 annually. In addition, ''The Times'' presents the regional

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and supports local events including the

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, Mudbug Madness, the State Fair of Louisiana, and Boutique de Noel. Support is also provided to the Shreveport Symphony, the Opera Guild, Sci-Port, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Alliance for Education,

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, Community Renewal, Providence House, and United Way of Northwest Louisiana.

Sections

* Main news (first section) * Local * Sports * Classifieds * Outlook(Sundays) * Flavor (Wednesdays) * Arts, culture and entertainment (Thursdays) * Lagniappe (Home, garden and weekend guide) (Fridays) * Autos (Saturdays and Sundays) * Living (Sundays) * Real Estate (Sundays) * CareerBuilder (Sundays) * Business (Sundays) * Comics + TV Times (Sundays) * High School Sports (in football season on Fridays and Saturdays) * LSU section (in football season on Sundays) * NFL section (in football season on Mondays)

Publications and websites

* The Times'' daily newspaper * shreveporttimes.com Online news and information * LSUBeat.com Online news and information on LSU sports * Get Healthy new monthly health news * Red River Moms magazine monthly parenting and child information * CareerBuilder Weekly weekly employment listings and career advice * Cars.com NUMBER ONE source for new and used cars in NWLA * Homefinder Top local real estate section (weekly on Sundays)

Current and former staffers

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(1908–1916) – secretary-Treasurer and part owner; formerly the

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. * Preston Allen "Pap" Dean (1915–2011) – editorial cartoonist and inductee of the

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(1922–2008) – former ''Times'' outdoor editor and host of

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from 1966–1979. * Wiley W. Hilburn (1938–2014) – ''Times'' columnist ("Fragments") and head of the Louisiana Tech University Journalism Department; inductee of Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame. * Bill P. Keith (b. 1934) – reported on George W. D'Artois scandal in the middle 1970s; later a

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. * Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010) – suspense novelist who was an

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at ''The Times'' in the 1970s. * Jim Leslie (1937–1976) – ''Shreveport Times'' journalist turned advertising executive; assassinated in

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; speculation focused on the late George W. D'Artois as the culprit behind the crime. * Henry Langston McEachern (19182004) – chief photographer for nearly four decades until his retirement in 1983; photographed World War II,

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(1899–1982) – Reporter,

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, and

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from 1932 to 1936. * Norman L. Richardson (1935–1999) – Former state editor known for coverage of

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s of the 1960s. * George W. Shannon (1914–1998) – Assistant city editor, 1935–1938; editor of ''Shreveport Journal'', 1953–1971. *

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(1943–2014), editor at ''The Times'' in the late 1960s,

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professor, and press secretary to

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, native of McComb, Mississippi. *

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(b. 1942) – Former political reporter; executive editor of ''

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'' in Biloxi-Gulfport,

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* Misty Castile (b. 1985) - Shreveport Times Top Editor, replacing Scott Ferrell in 2021.

References

External links

The Shreveport Times official site

Official mobile website
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