Grand Forks Herald

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Forum Communications
Publisher	Korrie Wenzel
Editor	Kirsten Stromsodt
Founded	1879
Headquarters	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Website	www.grandforksherald.com

The Grand Forks Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper, established in 1879, published in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It is the primary daily paper for northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Its average daily circulation is 34,763 on Sundays and 31,524 on weekdays. It has the second largest circulation in the state of North Dakota.

Grand Forks Herald Building

Grand Forks Herald
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The remains of the former Herald building after it was destroyed by fire and floodwater
Location	120-124 N. 4th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates	47°55′33″N 97°1′58″W / 47.92583°N 97.03278°WCoordinates: 47°55′33″N 97°1′58″W / 47.92583°N 97.03278°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1931
Architectural style	Moderne
MPS	Downtown Grand Forks MRA
NRHP Reference #	82001326[1]
Added to NRHP	November 30, 1982

The Grand Forks Herald won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the 1997 flood but the prize was bittersweet, as the Herald building had not only been inundated but, ironically, burned to the ground in the midst of the floodwaters. Despite losing its offices during the flood, the Herald never missed a day of publication. Temporary offices were set up at the University of North Dakota and at a nearby elementary school. Papers were distributed free of charge to flood "refugees" in neighboring towns.

Following the flood, the newspaper rebuilt its office building in downtown Grand Forks. Its distinctive features are a tall clock tower and the symbolism built into the structure, as well as parts of the old building that survived the fire. A new printing facility was also built in an industrial park in the western part of Grand Forks.

Corporate ownership

Knight Ridder sold the Herald to The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006. McClatchy had already arranged the sale of the Herald to Forum Communications, owner of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks. Today, the Herald is one of many regional newspapers published by Forum Communications.

Newsroom

Editors

The clock tower of the Herald building in downtown Grand Forks

• Korrie Wenzel (Publisher)
• Kirsten Stromsodt (Editor)
• Christopher Bjorke (Content editor)
• Janelle Vonasek (Design editor)
• Lori Weber Menke (Multimedia manager)
• Wayne Nelson (Sports editor)
• Tom Dennis (Opinion page editor)

Writers

• Marilyn Hagerty (columnist)
• Brad Elliott Schlossman (college hockey reporter)
• Tom Miller (sports reporter)
• April Baumgarten (reporter)
• Greg Devilllers (reporter)
• Brad Dokken (outdoors reporter)
• John Hageman (reporter)
• Brandi Jewett (reporter)
• Wade Rupard (reporter)
• Pamela Knudson (reporter)

Former personnel

• Mike Jacobs (Editor and Publisher)
• Steve Wagner (Editor)
• Stuart McDonald (Editorial cartoonist, 1961-1967)
• Chuck Haga (Reporter)
• Jaime DeLage (City editor)
• Virg Foss (Sports reporter)
• John Stennes (Photo chief)
• Ryan Bakken (Columnist)
• Bill Holden (Night editor)
• Kris Jensen (Features editor)
• Elisa L. Rineheart (Military Affairs Reporter)
• Kevin Fee (Sports editor)
• Jason King (IS)
• Tyler Shoberg (Sports Copy Editor)

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

External links

• Grand Forks Herald website
• Stuart McDonald Cartoon Collection Digitized cartoons of Stuart McDonald, editorial cartoonist of the Grand Forks Herald from 1961–1967