Cherokee County Herald

The Cherokee County Herald is a weekly newspaper in Centre, Alabama. It has been under the ownership of Cherokee County Post since 2017 and the two Centre weeklies have a combined circulation of 17,000.[1]

Cherokee County Herald
TypeWeekly Newspaper
Owner(s)David Crawford Jr.
Founded1938
HeadquartersCentre, Alabama, United States
Circulation17,000 (in combination with Cherokee County Post
Websitehttp://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/cherokee_county/

Ownership

The Herald was founded by Joseph M. Shaw Sr. in 1938. He was a veteran and an active member in his community, participating in the Lion's Club, Centre Chamber of Commerce, and First Baptist Church.[2] Joseph "Joe" Shaw Jr., who was 17 when the paper first started, became assistant publisher of the Herald. He left his position at the paper for four years while he was in the Army and returned in 1946 as associate editor and publisher,[3] Joseph jr. took ownership of the Herald after his father's death in 1965.[4]

The Herald was the only weekly newspaper in Cherokee County until 1984, when Consolidated Publishing Co. started the Cherokee Sun as a weekly shopper.[5] The Sun was later sold to the Cherokee Publishing Co.. The shopper merged with the Cherokee County Herald and was provided to every household in the county not subscribed to the Herald.[6]

Melrose Shaw briefly became publisher after her husband's death, then retired from the newspaper business and sold the Herald to News Publishing Co.[7] David Crawford Jr., owner of the Cherokee County Post, bought the Herald from the News Publishing Company in 2017, restoring local ownership to the paper.[1]

Awards
APA Better Newspaper Contest[8]
Year Award Place Recipient
2018 Best Editorial Page or Section 1st staff
2018 Best Sports Single Event Story 1st Shannon Fagan
2018 Best Sports News In-Depth Coverage 3rd staff
Alabama Sports Writers Association[9][10]
Year Award Place Recipient
2018 Best Game Story 1st Shannon Fagan
2018 Best Column or Feature 2nd Shannon Fagan
2015 Best Story or Series Writing, Column 1st Shannon Fagan
2015 Best Story or Series Writing, Column 2nd Shannon Fagan
2015 Best Story or Series Writing, Game Story 1st Shannon Fagan
2015 Best Story or Series Writing, Game Story 2nd Shannon Fagan
2015 Herby Kirby Memorial Award 1st Shannon Fagan
Cherokee County Museum and Historical Society[11]
Year Award Recipient
2017 Baker-Dean Media Award Shannon Fagan

References
  1. "Herald is once again under local ownership". Cherokee County Herald. 2 Aug 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. "Shaw, 68, Succumbs". The Anniston Star. 14 June 1965. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. "Returns to Paper". The Dothan Eagle. 7 Jan 1946. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. "Deaths - Shaw". The Anniston Star. 20 Feb 1987. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. "Consolidated starts Cherokee weekly". The Anniston Star. 9 Feb 1984. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. "Cherokee Sun sold to Cherokee Herald". The Anniston Star. 23 Dec 1988. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. "Cherokee Paper sells to Georgia Company". The Anniston Star. 10 May 1988. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. "APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced" (PDF). Alabama Press Association. 25 May 2018.
  9. "AL.com's Stephenson wins top Alabama sports writing award". AP News. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. "Cherokee County's Fagan wins top ASWA writing award". The Washington Times. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. Dean, Terry (27 June 2017). "Shannon Fagan wins first Baker-Dean Media Award". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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