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Monroe Journal

The Monroe Journal
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Journal, Inc.
PublisherBo Bolton
EditorMike Qualls
Founded1866 (1866)
HeadquartersMonroeville, Alabama
Circulation19,000
Websitemonroejournal.com

The Monroe Journal is a weekly newspaper from Monroeville, Alabama serving the city and surrounding area.

History

The Monroe Journal is the oldest and the longest-running newspaper in Monroe County, Alabama.[1] The paper was founded in 1866 in Clairborne. It moved to Monroeville sometime after its 1867 sale by L. M. Brewer.[2][3] It was purchased by Q. Salter in 1887, when he was just 20 years old.[4] It would remain in the Salter Family for 64 years.[5] By 1916 it had linotype and power-driven presses.[6]

From 1929 to 1947 A.C. Lee, father of Harper Lee and the model for Atticus Finch, was editor and part-owner of the Journal.[7]

Q.M. Salter died in 1938, two years after selling his interest the Journal.[8]

During Reconstruction, its editorials and published letters took a "staunchly pro-white and pro-Southern stance,"[1] and in the 1920s, when the Montgomery Advertiser spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan, the Journal portrayed them as hysterical, saying "Just what good purpose the Advertiser imagines might be served by unrestrained denunciation of this particular form of criminality we fail to fathom."[9]

However, by the 1950s, the Journal had shifted its stance, speaking against the Ku Klux Klan, telling them to "direct its attacks at the Journal and other strong business interests rather than trying to intimidate local black citizens."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c McCoy, Kathy (October 1, 1998). Monroeville: Literary Capital of Alabama. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738554372.
  2. ^ McCoy, Kathy (October 1, 1998). Monroeville: Literary Capital of Alabama. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738554372.
  3. ^ "(Items)". Clarke County Democrat. August 16, 1866.
  4. ^ DuBose, Joel Campbell (1904). Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical. Southern historical assoc.
  5. ^ McCoy, Kathy (October 1998). Monroeville: Literary Capital of Alabama. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738554372.
  6. ^ "County Fair a Success". Montgomery Advertiser.
  7. ^ Shields, Charles J. (April 26, 2016). Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250115836.
  8. ^ "Q. M. Salter". The Montgomery Advertiser. February 10, 1938.
  9. ^ Streitmatter, Rodger (April 17, 2018). Mightier than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History. Routledge. ISBN 9780429974649.

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