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

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, later was sent to

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to edit the since defunct ''

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''. In 1986, the ''News-Sentinel'' became a morning paper, with the other paper in Knoxville, the ''

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'', becoming an evening paper. The ''Journal'' ceased publication as a daily in 1991, when the

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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

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. 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

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, 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 ''

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'' 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
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has won many national awards, including winning three 2008 Digital Edge Awards from the

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: * 1940:

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External links

* * Other internet properties owned by the ''Knoxville News Sentinel'' *
Knoxville Information Guide
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Knoxville Book of Lists
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University of Tennessee sports news coverage

From Papers to Pixels
- an effort by the Knox County Public Library system to create a digital archive of the ''News Sentinel'' spanning the years 1922 to 1990 {{Gannett, state=collapsed 1886 establishments in Tennessee Mass media in Knoxville, Tennessee Newspapers published in Tennessee Gannett publications Daily newspapers published in the United States Publications established in 1886

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Knox News

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