The Robesonian

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

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 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

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

References
  1. "About Us". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "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, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. 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.
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