The Daily Examineris a dailynewspaperservingGrafton, New South Wales,Australia. The newspaper is owned byNews Corp Australia.At various times the newspaper was known asThe Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser(1859–1889) andClarence and Richmond Examiner(1889–1915).
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| Type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | News Corp |
| Editor | Bill North |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Grafton, New South Wales,Australia 55 Fitzroy St |
| Circulation | 5,571 Monday–Friday 6,446 Saturday |
| Website | dailyexaminer.au |
The Daily Examineris circulated to Grafton, theClarence Valleyand surrounding areas fromWoody Headin the north toRed Rockin the south.
The circulation ofThe Daily Examineris 5,571 Monday to Friday and 6,446 on Saturday.[1]
A major redesign ofThe Daily Examinerwas highly commended in the PANPA 2002 Newspaper of the Year Awards for dailies and Sundays up to 20,000.[2]The Daily Examinerwas also awarded PANPA Newspaper of the Year 0 to 20,000 copies in 2009 for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific and 2010 APN Newspaper of the year[3]
The Daily Examinerwebsite is part of theAPN Regional News Network.
History
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The Clarence and Richmond Examinerwas ostensibly launched in 1859 byWilliam Edward Vincent.[4][5]However, the power behind the throne was wealthy politicianClark Irving,an opponent of the separation of the Northern Rivers from the colony of New South Wales.[6]In 1861 it was purchased byRichard Stevensonfor £600.[7]In 1875 it was purchased by James Gray and James McNaughton.[8]
Grafton generally had three or more newspapers from 1874 into the new century when the tri-weeklyClarence and Richmond Examinerwas converted into a daily on 1 July 1915, "to keep public issues constantly before the minds of the people".
Grafton has had a succession of long-serving editors who won renown for their editorial leadership in community affairs, most notably Cecil Bush Bailey (1886–1944), William Bailey-Tart (1944–1960) and John Irvine Moorhead (1960–1977).
Grafton surgeonEarle Page,later a caretakerPrime Minister,was a major boardroom influence onThe Examineras it continued to champion theNew EnglandNew State proposal, a hydro-electric scheme on theNymboida River,and a deep-sea port plan forIluka.
Editors who have had the stewardship of the paper in the era of modern technological advancement include Geoff Orchison, Robert Milne and Peter Ellem, who has campaigned for a secondGrafton bridgecrossing, an ambulance station/health clinic inYamba,and improvements to thePacific Highway.[2]
The Examinercontinued its groundbreaking role in 1981, by appointing Laureta Godbee as the first female editor of an Australian daily newspaper.[citation needed]The current editor is Bill North.[3]
Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned byNewsCorp,the newspaper ceased print editions in June 2020 and became online-only publication.[9]
Digitisation
editThe various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Programproject hosted by theNational Library of Australia.[10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Audit Bureau of Circulations(ABC). Average Net Paid Sales for October–December 2008 (metro and larger regional titles)/January–June 2008 (other regional titles).
- ^abAbout us,The Daily Examiner.Accessed 22 March 2009.
- ^abContact us,The Daily Examiner.Accessed 22 March 2009.
- ^Coleridge, Kathleen A."William Edward Vincent".Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.Ministry for Culture and Heritage.Retrieved13 February2018.
- ^"Clarence and Richmond Examiner".Trove newspaper digitisation project.Retrieved28 November2012.
- ^Louise Tiffany Daley,Men and a River: Richmond River District 1828–1895,2nd ed. (Lismore: Richmond River Historical Society, 2011 [1966]), 78–79.
- ^"Mr. Richard Stevenson".The Daily Telegraph.28 July 1894. p. 5.Retrieved17 May2021– via Trove.
- ^"The Clarence and Richmond Examiner".The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser.13 April 1875. p. 3.Retrieved17 May2021– via Trove.
- ^"Future is digital: News announces major changes".Gatton Star.28 May 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 22 December 2020.Retrieved22 December2020.
- ^"Newspaper Digitisation Program".National Library of Australia. Archived fromthe originalon 2 July 2015.Retrieved17 May2013.
- ^Brown, Jerelynn (2011). "Tabloids in the State Library of NSW collection: A reflection of life in Australia".Australian Journal of Communication.38(2): 107–121.