The Indianapolis Star
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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Editor | Bro Krift |
| Founded | June 6, 1903 |
| Headquarters | 130 SouthMeridian Street Indianapolis,Indiana46225  United States |
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| ISSN | 1930-2533 |
| Website | indystar |
The Indianapolis Star(also known asIndyStar) is a morning dailynewspaperthat began publishing on June 6, 1903, inIndianapolis, Indiana,United States. It has been the only major daily paper in the city since 1999, when theIndianapolis Newsceased publication. It won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2021 and thePulitzer Prize for Investigative Reportingtwice, in 1975 and 1991. It is currently owned byGannett.[3]
History[edit]
The Indianapolis Starwas founded on June 6, 1903,[4]byMuncieindustrialist George F. McCulloch as competition to two otherIndianapolisdailies, theIndianapolis Journaland theIndianapolis Sentinel.It acquired theJournala year and two days later, and bought theSentinelin 1906. Daniel G. Reid purchased theStarin 1904 and hired John Shaffer as publisher, later replacing him. In the ensuing court proceedings, Shaffer emerged as the majority owner of the paper in 1911 and served as publisher and editor until his death in 1943.[5]
Central Newspapers, Inc. and its owner,Eugene C. Pulliam—maternal grandfather of future Vice PresidentDan Quayle—purchased theStarfrom Shaffer's estate on April 25, 1944, and adopted initiatives to increase the paper's circulation. In 1944, theStarhad trailed the eveningIndianapolis Newsbut by 1948 had become Indiana's largest newspaper.[5]
In 1948, Pulliam purchased theNewsand combined the business, mechanical, advertising, and circulation operations of the two papers, with theNewsmoving into theStar'sbuilding in 1950. The editorial and news operations remained separate.Eugene S. Pulliamtook over as publisher upon the death of his father in 1975, a role he retained until his own death in 1999.[5]
In September 1995, the newsroom staffs of theStarand theNewsmerged.[4]In 1999, theNewsceased publication, leaving theStaras the only major daily paper in Indianapolis. Soon thereafter the trustees of Central Newspapers, Inc., the owner of theStarand other newspapers in Indiana and Arizona, began investigating the sale of the small chain to a larger entity.[5]In 2000, theGannett Companyacquired the paper, amongst others when it purchased the firm "Central Newspapers" for $2.6 billion,[4][6][7]leaving Indianapolis with no locally owned newspaper other than theIndianapolis Recorder,a weekly mainly circulated in the African-American community.
On July 27, 2012, it was announced thatThe Indianapolis Starwould relocate from its headquarters at 307 North Pennsylvania Street. It was later announced that the new location would be the formerNordstromdepartment store inCircle Centre Mall.This move took place from the summer to fall of 2014. The former location had been used since 1907.[8]
AfterLarry Nassar,USA Gymnastics national team osteopathic physician, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in January 2018 for sexually abusing female athletes, the prosecutor in the case specifically praisedThe Indianapolis Starfor uncovering Nassar's decades-long history of abuse.[9]TheStarbegan its investigative reporting into Nassar and USA Gymnastics in 2016 and published its first related article in August 2016 when it shed light on USA Gymnastics' failure to properly investigate credible complaints of sexual abuse or pass the complaints on to police. After the August 2016 story, one of Nassar's victims,Rachael Denhollander,approached the Star about Nassar and USA Gymnastics' failure to investigate her complaint about him. This resulted in a September 2016 story on Nassar specifically. After the Nassar story, theStarwas approached by many of Nassar's victims who shared similar stories of abuse. Nassar was charged with criminal sexual conduct in November 2016.[9]
Pulitzer Prizes[edit]
TheStarhas won thePulitzer Prizeonce for national reporting and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, theStarwas honored for its 1974 series oncorruptionwithin theIndianapolis Police Department.It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series onmedical malpractice.[10]In 2021, theStarwas awarded aPulitzer Prize for National Reportingfor an investigation into attacks bypolice K-9 units.[11]
Production facilities[edit]
TheIndianapolis Starat one time had the largest and most advanced printing presses in the nation.[12]The Pulliam Production Center at 8278 N. Georgetown Road on the northwest side of Indianapolis cost $72 million and covers 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2).[13]It opened in November 1995 as a packaging center and started printing numerous newspapers includingIndianapolis Starin 2001.[14]The press hall that houses the fourMAN RolandGeoman presses has 30,672 square feet (2,850 m2) on two levels. Each of the presses weighs 2,100 short tons (1,900 t), stands seven stories tall, and can print 75,000 papers an hour.[13]
In January 2023, Gannet laid off 50 employees at the Pulliam Production Center. At the time the facility employed 145 people.[15]A year later Gannet announced the center would close April 9 and printing of theIndianapolis Starwill move to the company's press site inPeoria, Illinois.[14]
Sections[edit]
Part of the newspaper's masthead displays the text of2 Corinthians3:17: "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
Monday through Saturday
- Section A – National and world news, business, editorial
- Section B - USA TODAY
- Section C – Metro+State - metro and state news, obituaries, classified ads (except on Wednesdays), weather
- Section D - Sports (with 1 sports columnistGregg Doyel)
- Section E - (Wednesday) Classified ads, with none in section C; (Friday) Taste, which also includes movie listings
- Section F – Extra (puzzles, advice, comics, television)
- Local Living - (Thursdays only) things to do, community content
The Sunday Star
- Section A – National and world news, job classifieds
- Section B - USA TODAY
- Section C – Metro+State - metro and state news, obituaries, editorial, weather
- Section D – Sports
- Section E – Business, classified ads
- Section F - Home+Garden powered by Home Finder
- Section G - Indy Living (arts and entertainment, health, puzzles, etc.)
- Section U - USA TODAY Life Sunday
- Comics – Sunday comics
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Benton, Joshua (March 9, 2023)."The scale of local news destruction in Gannett's markets is astonishing".Nieman Lab.
- ^Gannett."Form 10-K".Securities & Exchange Commission.RetrievedMarch 10,2023.
- ^Verderame, Jyoti A. (July 5, 2021)."Indianapolis Star".Encyclopedia of Indianapolis.RetrievedJanuary 17,2023.
- ^abc"About Gannett: The Indianapolis Star".Gannett Co., Inc. Archived fromthe originalon June 13, 2006.RetrievedMay 29,2007.
- ^abcd"A History of The Indianapolis Star".Library Fact File.The Indianapolis Star. July 1, 2003. Archived fromthe originalon December 11, 2001.RetrievedOctober 26,2011.
- ^"The Star joins Gannett chain".The Indianapolis Star.August 1, 2000. Archived fromthe originalon June 20, 2001.RetrievedMay 29,2007.
- ^Henriques, Diana B. (June 29, 2000)."Gannett to Acquire Chain Tied to the Pulliam Family".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJanuary 25,2023.
- ^"Karen Ferguson: New IndyStar home, same news values".The Indianapolis Star.September 17, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
- ^abEric Levenson."How the Indy Star and Rachael Denhollander took down Larry Nassar".CNN.RetrievedJanuary 27,2018.
- ^Indianapolis Star - About UsArchivedMarch 7, 2018, at theWayback MachineRetrieved September 20, 2016.
- ^"Pulitzer Prize: 2021 Winners List".The New York Times.June 11, 2021.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJune 11,2021.
- ^"World's Biggest Machines",Modern Marvels,History Channel
- ^ab"Indianapolis Star Starts Production with First of Four Geoman Presses".What They Think. April 19, 2002.RetrievedOctober 26,2011.
- ^ab"IndyStar's Pulliam Production Center printing plant in Indianapolis to close in April".The Indianapolis Star.January 31, 2024.RetrievedJanuary 31,2024.
- ^Huang, Binghui (January 4, 2023)."Gannett laying off more than 50 employees at Indianapolis printing plant".The Indianapolis Star.RetrievedJanuary 31,2024.
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