The Robesonian
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Champion Media
Founder(s)W.S. McDiamid[1]
PublisherDenise Ward[2]
EditorDonnie Douglas[2]
Sports editorJonathan Bym
Founded1870 (1870)[1]
Headquarters2175 N. Roberts Ave., Lumberton, North Carolina, US
Circulation60,000
ISSN2474-2236
OCLC number10467669
Websitewww.robesonian.com

The Robesonian is a newspaper published in Lumberton, North Carolina, Tuesday through Friday afternoon and Saturday and Sunday morning.[3]

The Robesonian traces its heritage back to 1870,[4] when it was established by W.S. McDiamid, a Baptist preacher.[5] The Robesonian was previously owned by Heartland Publications. In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications, Ohio Community Media, the former Freedom papers it had acquired, and Impressions Media into a new company, Civitas Media.[6] Civitas Media sold its properties in the Carolinas to Champion Media in 2017.[7]

Notable events[edit]

The newspaper attracted national attention when on February 1, 1988, when two Native Americans entered the newspaper's offices and armed[8] and took 20 hostages.[9] The stand-off lasted ten hours; Timothy Jacobs and Eddie Hatcher[10] hoped to attract attention to the plight of American Indians, and later, after their arrest, had a local civil rights attorney deliver a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev in anticipation of a summit between Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev.[11]

The newspaper attracted more attention in August, 2018, when it stopped providing its 8-page Sunday color comics section.[12] An editorial on July 28, 2018 entitled "Trump’s newsprint tariffs force not-so-funny decision" blame the cost of newsprint from Canada, a target "in Trump's Tariff Wars."[13]

The Robesonian is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "The Robesonian". NC Press Association. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Robesonian". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "About Us". Robesonian. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  6. ^ Business Wire, Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017
  7. ^ "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  8. ^ "Indians Hope Hostage-Taking Delivers More Than Attention". The Miami Herald. 8 February 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Guilty Plea in Kidnap". Newsday. 5 May 1989. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Lumberton, Robesonian Back To Normal". The Fayetteville Observer. 3 February 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Robeson Indians Send Protest to Gorbachev". The Fayetteville Observer. 3 April 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  12. ^ Martinez, Rebecca. "Trump's Paper Tariff's Stifle The Sunday Robesonian". www.wunc.org. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  13. ^ Robesonian Editorial Board (2018-07-28). "Trump's newsprint tariffs force not-so-funny decision". Robesonian. Retrieved 2019-02-05.