The Times (Shreveport)

The Times
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett Company
Publisher Alan English
Editor Alison Bath
Founded 1871
Headquarters 222 Lake Street
Shreveport, LA 71101, USA
Website shreveporttimes.com

The Times is a Gannett daily newspaper based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Its distribution area includes twelve parishes in Northwest Louisiana and three counties in east Texas. Coverage focuses on issues affecting the Shreveport-Bossier market and includes investigative reporting, community news, arts & 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

Advertisement for Shreveport Times, 1902

From 1895 to 1991, The Times had competition from the afternoon Monday-Saturday daily, the since defunct Shreveport Journal. 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.[1] Thereafter, the page opposite the editorial page of The Times, commonly called the op-ed page, was reserved as "The Journal Page" for editorial comment until December 31, 1999.

Community interaction

Shreveport Times office building on Lake Street in Shreveport, Louisiana

The Times sponsors political debates, economic summits, forums, leadership awards, and other community-oriented initiatives. The Times also provides community support through Gannett Foundation 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 Spelling Bee and supports local events including the Red River Revel, Mudbug Madness, the State Fair of Louisiana, Boutique de Noel, among others. Support is also provided to the Shreveport Symphony, the Opera Guild, Sci-Port, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Alliance for Education, American Red Cross, Shreveport Green, Community Renewal, Providence House, and the United Way of Northwest Louisiana.

Sections

Publications and websites


Current and former staffers

See also

References

  1. "Shreveport Journal ends publication after 96 years:, Minden Press-Herald', March 31, 1991, p. 1
  2. "Jeffrey Benson obituary". The Shreveport Times. June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. "Craig Durrett, veteran journalist, dies". The Shreveport Times. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. "Badge of Dishonor: George D'Artois and his alleged murder plot against Jim Leslie". KTBS-TV. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  5. Obituary of William Hawthorn Lynch, New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 16, 2004
  6. John Andrew Prime (March 26, 2006). "Raymond Lamar McDaniel". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  7. "James Ray "Jim" Montgomery obituary". Shreveport Times. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  8. John Andrew Prime (June 10, 2010). "George Washington Shannon". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  9. "Obituary of Dr. Jesse Dale Thorn, May 14, 2014". Ouachita Citizen. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  10. "Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  11. "H. M. "Mutt" Fowler". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
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