McClatchy Co., the second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported higher earnings for its third quarter Tuesday as it absorbed 20 newspapers from Knight Ridder Inc., which it acquired in June. McClatchy, which is based in Sacramento, Calif., reported earnings of $51.8 million for the three months ending Sept. 24 from $38.6 million a year ago.
In Mississippi, McClatchy owns The Sun Herald on the Gulf Coast.
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Writes Clarion-Ledger executive editor Ronnie Agnew in a recent column:
At The Clarion-Ledger, we’ve tried mightily to offer local news that connects with our readership, always putting our First Amendment responsibilities first and using this powerful newspaper to give voice to people who feel their voice doesn’t matter.
One of the best things about our local news efforts is that the ideas often don’t come from us, but from you…
Consider this an invitation to help us out. It took some newspapers a long time to learn that community participation in the newsgathering process is smart. This newspaper, one that has long understood the importance of community, will be going much deeper into that area soon. Stay tuned for that.
Ivan V. Anderson Jr., president and CEO of Evening Post Publishing Co. in Charleston, S.C., was elected as president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
Todd H. Carpenter, president and chief operating officer of Boone Newspapers, was named to the board to represent Mississippi.
When the national press returned on the first anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina forever changed life from Mobile to New Orleans, they found a much different Mississippi than the one they left.
“We got handed a big lemon during Katrina, and I think the Coast is making really good lemonade out of it,” said Steve Richer of Mississippi Beyond Katrina.
Richer gave thumbs up to the Philadelphia Inquirer, among others.
Amy Worden, staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and staff photographer Larry Kesterson acquired much perspective from seeing the destruction firsthand when they volunteered to help at the Sun Herald the week Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
After all they had seen here, the two lobbied their editors to include Mississippi stories in the Inquirer’s anniversary package.
“We felt it was important to cover Mississippi fairly on the anniversary,” Worden said. “It was a struggle. Even in our own newspaper there were editors who said nobody cares about Mississippi. It was our job to make them care.”
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