The Gallatin News Examiner is an American newspaper published in Gallatin, Tennessee. It is now owned by the media company Gannett and is published as part of the Tennessean newspaper. Gallatin News Examiner was published daily online and in print on Fridays until 2017; now Sumner/Gallatin stories are published through the Tennessean's website and twice-weekly in print.[1][2][3] The paper is a member of the Tennessee Press Association.[4] Its editor was Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, who became editor of the paper in 2015.[5] In 2017, Amy Nixon was named editor of the digital and social presence of the Gallatin News Examiner.[3]
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Colonel Thomas Boyer |
| Publisher | The Tennessean / Gannett |
| Editor | Amy Nixon |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Headquarters | 1 Examiner Court, Gallatin, TN 37066 |
| City | Gallatin, Tennessee |
| Country | US |
| OCLC number | 32693140 |
| Website | tennessean |
History
editColonel Thomas Boyers established the Gallatin Examiner in August 1859.[6] Col. Boyers went on to become the first (organizing) president of the Tennessee Press Association.[7] After serving in the Civil War, Col. Boyers returned to the Examiner and continued printing the paper until his death in 1895.[8] In 2007, Col. Boyers was inducted into the Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame.[8]
In 1905, the paper merged with the Tennessean (Gallatin, Tenn.) to form the Examiner and Tennessean.[9] Thomas Boyers, Jr., his son, worked as a journalist and operated the paper until the 1930s.[6] In the 1930s, the paper became the Gallatin Examiner and the Sumner County Tennessean[10]
In 1998, Gannett paid a $1 million in a libel judgment stemming from an article published in the News Examiner in 1997. The article in the News Examiner suggested that a student at Gallatin High School, Garrett (“Bubba”) Dixon Jr., engaged in oral sex with donkeys and falsely attributed a related quote to the high school soccer coach.[11] According to the Nashville Scene, "The suit was filed after a News-Examiner reporter—trying to amuse a buddy on the copy desk—inserted fictitious quotes attributed to Lassiter in a story about the Gallatin High soccer team. By accident, the quotes ended up published in the paper—including a made-up Lassiter remark that Dixon 'sucks donkey dicks' and suffers from 'sperm breath.'"[12] Dixon Jr. was awarded $800,000 in damages, and the high school soccer coach received $150,000 in damages. The mistake was deemed by Deadspin as Sportswriting's Filthiest Fuck-Up.[13]
Later in 1998, the News-Examiner was faced with accusations of plagiarism from a local television news program.[14]
In 2014, former Tennessean publisher Craig Moon and former Scene editor Bruce Dobie attempted to buy Gannett's Tennessee-based dailies and weeklies, including the Gallatin News Examiner. Gannett rejected the $200 million bid.[15]
In 2017, Gannett ceased the publication of the Gallatin News Examiner's local weekly.[16][1] This move, along with staff layoffs, was part of Gannett's budget cuts at the paper.[17]
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Place | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Education Reporting | 1st | Jennifer Eaton |
| Best Feature Photograph | 1st | Dessislava Yankova | |
| Best Sports Coverage | 1st | Chris Brooks & Craig Harris | |
| Investigative Reporting | 2nd | Jennifer Easton and Tena Lee | |
| Best Business Reporting | 3rd | Josh Cross and Dessislava Yankova | |
| Best Breaking News Coverage | 3rd | Tena Lee, Dessislava Yankova & Natalie Alund | |
| Best Issue or Special Section | 3rd | Cherish Matthews & Hollie Deese | |
| 2015 | Best News Reporting | 1st | Tena Lee |
| Best Feature Photograph | 1st | Dessislava Yankova | |
| Best Education Reporting | 2nd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Best Business Coverage | 2nd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Local Features | 2nd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Best Website | 3rd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| 2014 | Best Single Feature | 1st | Dessislava Yankova |
| Make-up and Appearance | 1st | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Best Business Coverage | 1st | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Public Service | 1st | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Best Education Reporting | 2nd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Headline Writing | 2nd | Josh Cross | |
| Best Special Issue | 2nd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Best Single Editorial | 3rd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Best Personal Column | 3rd | Gallatin News Examiner | |
| Investigative Reporting | 3rd | Tena Lee |
References
edit- ^ a b GOULD, DAVE. "A note to readers - Your local newspaper". The Gallatin News. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "News Examiner staff". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ a b Smith, Chris. "Changes coming to Gallatin, Sumner County news operations". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "TN Newspapers – Tennessee Press Association". Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Staff reports. "Ragland-Hudgins named editor in Sumner County". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ a b "Gallatin TN Lawyer - Attorney Thomas Boyers V". www.boyersatlaw.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "About TPA – Tennessee Press Association". Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ a b BOYERS, Endings, Beginnings and Circles THOMAS. "OPINION: Endings, Beginnings and Circles". The Gallatin News. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Gallatin examiner. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "The Gallatin examiner and the Sumner County Tennessean". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Checkbook journalism". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "The Boner Awards". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "The Fallout From Sportswriting's Filthiest Fuck-Up". Deadspin. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Recycled News". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "After a local group's failed purchase attempt, the daily looks to be with Gannett for a while". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ BOYERS, THOMAS. "Endings, Beginnings and Circles". The Gallatin News. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "General Manager Mike Towle leaving The Gallatin News Examiner". The Gallatin News. Retrieved 2020-11-04.