''The Georgia Gazette'' was a weekly alternative newspaper in Savannah, Georgia that took its name from Georgia's first newspaper, also founded in Savannah in 1763. Its owners and publishers were Marjorie Scardino and

Albert Scardino Albert Scardino is an American journalist and former publisher of '' The Georgia Gazette'' who is known for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1984. Early life and education Scardino was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew u ...

. It was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1984, the first time in twenty years that such a prize had been bestowed on a weekly newspaper. Despite this recognition, however, the newspaper became financially infeasible to publish and closed in 1985.

went on to write for The New York Times, and Marjorie Scardino later became CEO of

Pearson PLC Pearson plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London, England. It was founded as a construction business in the 1840s but switched to publishing in the 1920s.J. A. Spende ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Georgia Gazette, The Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in Georgia (U.S. state) Newspapers established in 1978