The ''York Daily Record'' is a newspaper and news publisher serving
York, Pennsylvania
York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populati ...
, United States, and the surrounding region. Its news publications are the ''York Daily Record'' and ''York Sunday News''. The newspaper's circulation is 37,323 daily and 61,665 on Sundays.
The newspaper, printed in a
broadsheet
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format, is published seven days a week. It also publishes "FlipSide," a nightlife and entertainment guide that is distributed every Thursday. ''The York Daily Record/Sunday News'' is available online in an E-Edition. The media organization runs the YDR.com website and also has smartphone and tablet apps.
Some of its key
coverage
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areas include Watchdog, Food, College Football and high school sports coverage of the YAIAA league. The media organization also operates a community blog portal.
The ''Daily Record'' and ''
The York Dispatch
''The York Dispatch'' is a morning newspaper serving the people of York County, Pennsylvania.
The paper is printed in a broadsheet format and published Monday through Friday, with the exception of certain holidays.
Founded by Hiram Young in 187 ...
'' have worked under a
joint operating agreement
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since 1990.
Gannett
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History
In 1796, Solomon Meyer created ''Die York Gazette'', a weekly, German-language newspaper, which ''The York Daily Record'' credits as its earliest incarnation.
After several years without publication of ''Die York Gazette'', William C. Harris created the English-language ''Gazette'' in 1815. Between 1821 and 1891, ''The Gazette'' also published a weekly German edition.
''The Gazette'' was taken over by David Small in 1836. Small, who also served as York postmaster, county director of the poor and York's chief
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, remained owner of the paper for nearly 50 years.
Prominent businessman Adam Geesey converted ''The Gazette'' into a daily publication in 1887. ''The Gazette'' became the third York-area newspaper to publish daily.
In 1915, Allen C. Wiest and law partner J.W. Gitt acquired the foundering ''Gazette'', which began Gitt's 55-year reign as ''Gazette'' owner. Under Gitt, the newspaper gained a national reputation for its independent—some considered it leftist—news orientation and editorial positions.
''The Gazette'' purchased ''The Daily'', York's first daily newspaper, and the ''York Legal Record'' in 1915. In 1918, ''The Gazette'' was renamed ''The Gazette and Daily''.
After nearly 150 years of continuous publication, the paper shut down in 1970 because of labor problems. Gitt sold the paper's assets to a local group headed by attorney Harold N. Fitzkee Jr. and retired ''The Gazette and Daily'' name. The paper soon reopened under a ''York Daily Record'' nameplate.
In 1973, ''The Daily Record'' was sold to Jimmy D. Scoggins, a veteran newspaperman, who changed the paper's format from tabloid to its current broadsheet form. ''The Gazette and Daily'' had become a tab in 1943 because of newsprint shortages during World War II.
Buckner News Alliance purchased the newspaper from Scoggins in 1978 and modernized the paper's appearance and operations.
MediaNews Group, owner of ''
The York Dispatch
''The York Dispatch'' is a morning newspaper serving the people of York County, Pennsylvania.
The paper is printed in a broadsheet format and published Monday through Friday, with the exception of certain holidays.
Founded by Hiram Young in 187 ...
'', purchased the ''York Sunday News'' in 1988. The next year, ''The Daily Record'' and ''The York Dispatch'' sought government approval for a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA), a partial merger because "The Daily Record" was facing financial troubles. The U.S. Justice Department approved the JOA in 1990, creating the York Newspaper Co. to manage merged production, circulation and advertising departments. ''The Daily Record'' and ''Dispatch'' newsrooms were not part of the merger and to this day remain under separate ownership.
In 2004, Buckner News Alliance sold the ''York Daily Record'' to MediaNews Group, which also owned the ''York Sunday News'' the news organization operated as the ''York Daily Record/Sunday News''.
In September 2011, MediaNews Group, parent company of the ''Daily Record'', announced it had appointed John Paton as CEO, and entered into an agreement with Digital First Media. Paton heads Digital First Media which provides management services to MediaNews Group and
Journal Register Company
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The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
publications.
On June 1, 2015, Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher by total daily circulation, said it had acquired the ''Daily Record'' along with several other newspapers from
Digital First Media
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.
Awards
The following are some of the awards and recognitions received by the newsroom of the ''York Daily Record/Sunday News'' and its affiliated digital products in the past 20 years:
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
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awards
*Pennsylvania's Newspaper of the Year Award 2001 (tied for second place), 2003 (second place), 2004 (first place), 2011 (first place), 2016 (first place), 2017 (second place), 2018 (tied for first place)
*PNA Foundation Public Service Award: 2002–2005, 2007 and 2009–2011, 2015–16, 2018.
*Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's G. Richard Dew Award for Journalistic Service (PNA's highest honor): won nine times between 1991 and 2018.
*Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's Readership Initiative Award recognizes Pennsylvania newspapers that accept and create a community of readers through innovative initiatives: Won or placed second 11 times since 2006.
*Sweepstakes Award from the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors (for the most points in a circulation division in the annual
Keystone Press Awards
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): Won or tied 19 times since 1990.
Other awards
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
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Emmy Award
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for Jason Plotkin's "Carrying Darisabel" project, 2011. This Emmy is the first Mid-Atlantic Emmy for a newspaper-based organization competing directly against TV news organizations.
*The
Editor & Publisher
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Originally based in New York City, ...
’s EPPY Award in the category of Best Enterprise/Investigative Video, honoring the Best Media-Affiliated Websites (competed in division for sites with 250,000 to 1 million unique monthly visitors) for Jason Plotkin’s documentary, “Carrying Darisabel”.
*Newspaper Excellence in Cyberspace Awards:
**Best Application of Social Networking 2011 (second place).
**Best Online Campaign 2011 (first place)
*John V.R. Bull Freedom of Information Award (Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors): 2002, 2003, 2005,2008 and 2012–2014.
*Best of Show (Newswriting) and Public Service awards, Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors: 2002 (for York Riots)
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Scripps Howard Foundation
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National Journalism Award: Public Service Report, 2001 (tie).
*Pennsylvania Newspaper Foundation John Fisher Internet Vision Award, 2010, James McClure recipient.
* Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award for coverage of Ray Krone's release from death row: 2003.
*Investigative Reporters and Editors Award: 2009, finalist in the under 100,000 circulation category for reporting on Finances of Nonprofit
Angel Food Ministries
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– Melissa Nann Burke. Burke was also a finalist in Livingston Awards for Young Journalists competition, 2011. Burke also won the Religion News Association Cassels award in 2010 and 2011.
*National Society of Newspaper Columnist competition, under 100,000 circulation category, Finalist:
Mike Argento
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, 2011.
Niche publications
GameTimePA
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Franklin
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,
Fulton
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,
Lebanon
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and
York
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counties.
The brand at one point expanded into the
Philadelphia
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Chester
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,
Delaware
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and Montgomery counties.
GameTimePA spanned more than 60 schools and 22 sanctioned sports in the PIAA. GameTimePA offers live coverage of high school events, including livestreams of
football
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and other sports, live updates and scoring/game updates on GameTimePA's
Twitter
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and
Facebook
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accounts.
Editorial coverage was provided by the York Daily Record/Sunday News, Hanover Evening Sun,
Lebanon Daily News
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and
Chambersburg Public Opinion
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The newspaper also publishes a weekly total market coverage product, ''The Advertis ...
.
Community outreach/engagement
The NewsVroom
The York Daily Record's parent company, Digital First Media, in 2012 awarded the newsroom a grant to build the NewsVroom—a mobile, community media lab. The new-media classroom on wheels was equipped with
smartphone
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laptop
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s and
Wi-Fi
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. The vehicle and YDR journalists have been to breaking news scenes, political events, high school football games, the York Fair, the York County Libraries and more to interact face-to-face with readers and glean information to better serve York and its surrounding areas.
The purpose of the NewsVroom was to boost the public's understanding of how the news organization and readers can use new technology to share and consume news and information.
The NewsVroom and the York Daily Record/Sunday News staff were recognized by Digital First Media as the company's best community engagement project of 2012.