The National Observer was a weekly American general-interest national newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company from 1962 until July 11, 1977.[2][3]Hunter S. Thompson wrote several articles for the National Observer as the correspondent for Latin America early in his career.
The newspaper was the inspiration of Barney Kilgore, then the president of Dow Jones. (Kilgore is credited as the "genius" who transformed the Wall Street Journal from a provincial financial daily with a circulation of 32,000, mostly on Wall Street, into the national giant it became.)
It was Kilgore's idea that the nation needed a weekly national newspaper that would synthesize all the week's events and current trends into an attractive, convenient package. In effect, the National Observer would offer the kind of quality non-financial journalism that the Wall Street Journal once featured in its front-page "leaders" (the articles that occupy the left- and right-hand columns).[4]
^Pardue, Mary Jane (1 July 2009). "The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism". Newspaper Research Journal. 30 (3): 122–124. doi:10.1177/073953290903000310. S2CID220080244.
^Morton, John (December 2002). "Great While It Lasted". American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
Further reading
Tofel, Richard J. Restless Genius: Barney Kilgore, The Wall Street Journal, and the Invention of Modern Journalism New York, NY.: St. Martins Press, 2009. ISBN978-0-312-53674-9
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