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| Type | Daily newspaper (M-F,Su) |
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| Owner(s) | Wick Communications |
| Publisher | Mitzi Moe |
| Managing editor | David Rupkalvis |
| Sports editor | Mark Jones |
| Staff writers | About 40 |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Headquarters | 14 W. 4th St. Williston, ND 58801 |
| Circulation | 4,093 (M-F) 4,502 (Sun) |
| OCLC number | 19527916 |
| Website | http://http://www.willistonherald.com/ |
The Williston Herald is a daily newspaper in Williston, North Dakota printed Monday through Friday, and Sunday. Its motto is Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Circulation[edit]
The Williston Herald has a 2012 daily subscription circulation of 4,093 that increases to 4,502 on Sundays.[1] Its 2012 readership, which includes newsstand sales, is 12,279 daily and 13,506 on Sundays. The price of the paper is 50¢ daily and xx Sunday. The Paper covers northwest North Dakota and eastern Montana.
prev>>The Williston Herald also the home of the Plains Reporter, which is the weekly publication distributed throughout northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana.
History[edit]
The paper was founded in 1899 by _________.
prev>>History[edit]
- 1899: A group of citizens wanting to express their views on a local political controversy raised $600 to begin the new newspaper. The newspaper begins in a one-room shack on Second Street West with E.M. Crary at the helm. However, in less than a month the Herald was on its third publisher. Soon after things settle down and the newspaper begins to grow.
- Oct. 14, 1930: The first daily paper was published on a single sheet printed on both sides.
- 1935: The newspaper went to standard size.
- 1938: Wire services were added to the daily paper.
- 1942: The Williston Herald moves to its present location.
- August 1961: Walter Wick becomes publisher and totally transforms the physical plant.
- March 13, 1967: Switch from hot lead to offset printing provides a noticeable improvement in reproduction.
- 1979: The weekly Williston Basin Oil Reporter begins publishing.
- 1987: Wick Communications purchases the weekly Williston Plains Reporter from Bill Shemorry.
- 1996: The Herald installs a pagination system with full color capabilities.
prev>>Awards[edit]
- The Herald won 4 First and 5 Second Place Awards from the Associated Press 2008 Dakotas APME Awards.[citation needed]
- They also won 11 First, 1 Second, and 6 Third place awards from the 2008 NDNA Awards.
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2012 NDNA Member Newspaper Rates & Circulations" (PDF). North Dakota Newspaper Association. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
External links[edit]
Category:Newspapers published in North Dakota Category:Williston, North Dakota Category:Wick Communications publications
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email editors with specific questions: circulation@willistonherald.com editor@willistonherald.com (David Rupkalvis)
http://www.willistonherald.com retrieved 10/16/2012 http://www.apme.com/