The News Herald (Panama City)

The News Herald
Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Gannett
Publisher	Tim Thompson
Editor	Mike Cazalas
Associate editor	Melissa Clemmons
Managing editor	Katie Landeck
General manager	Shane Spence
Opinion editor	Will Glover
Sports editor	Dustin Kent
Photo editor	Patti Blake
Staff writers	Collin Breaux; Genevieve Smith; Zack McDonald; Tony Simmons; Kristy Smith; Jan Waddy; Patrick McCreless;
Language	English
Headquarters	501 W. 11th St.
City	Panama City, Florida
Country	United States
Website	newsherald.com
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The News Herald is a daily newspaper serving the city of Panama City, Florida in the United States. It is located at 501 W. 11th St. in Panama City.

History

Forerunners to the current newspaper were The St Andrews Bay News, founded in 1915, published by Frank Stitzer and edited by G.M. West. This paper was a daily, except Sunday. A second paper, also publishing daily except Sunday, was the Panama City Herald, founded in 1935 under the direction of John H. Perry with editorship by Charles T. White. In 1937 the two papers merged as The News Herald, printing daily except Sunday by Bay County Publishers. Later this was revised to daily except Saturday. In 1952 the papers split into The News, publishing seven days a week, and The Herald, publishing daily except Saturday. In 1970 The News Herald reunited as a seven-day a week daily under Freedom Newspapers.^[1]

The News Herald was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom sold its Florida and North Carolina papers to Halifax Media Group.^[2] In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group.^[3]

The publication was awarded the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service "for its three-year campaign against entrenched power and corruption, with resultant reforms in Panama City and Bay County."^[4]