The Forum Newsweekly

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The Forum Newsweekly is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Downtown Shreveport, Louisiana. The news-magazine is also known as Forum, Forum Magazine and The Forum.

The Forum Newsweekly in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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The Forum Newsweekly is owned and published by Venture Publishing of Shreveport, Louisiana. The Forum began publication by its current owner Jay Covington, originally of East Texas, in 1988.

The newsmagazine is distributed in Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto, Webster, Claiborne & Red River Parishes in northwest Louisiana. It is also distributed in Harrison, Marion & Gregg Counties in east Texas.

After Hurricane Katrina the magazine lost it's primary printer in New Orleans and has struggled ever since. The magazine has been reduced in size as of Decemeber 2005.

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The Forum covers Ark-La-Tex news, politics, views, arts and entertainment. After Hurricane Katrina The Forum Newsweekly had become one of the largest news magazines ( readership ) in Louisiana since many southern Louisiana magazines were discontinued. The magazine includes seasoned journalist such as Lou Gehrig Burnett, Chuck Fellers & Pat Culverhouse, former editor of the Bossier Press-Tribune, and columnists Chuck Fellers and Molly Ivins.

[edit] External links

The Forum Newsweekly's official website

Shreveport Portal

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