The Examiner (Independence)

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The Examiner

Type	Daily
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	Morris
Editor	Dale Brendel
Founded	1898
Political allegiance	no political bias
Headquarters	Independence, MO

Website: examiner.net

The Examiner is the daily newspaper of eastern Jackson County, Missouri, including Independence and Blue Springs.

The Examiner was first published in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The official Examiner website was launched in 1998 and is updated on a daily basis.

The paper's current publisher is Steve Curd., the executive editor is Dale Brendel and the editorial page editor is Jeff Fox. The newspaper significantly expanded its audience in 2001 when it launched two monthly publications, SportsMonthly and The X/Entertainment Magazine. The monthly publications were run by Brendel and John Beaudoin, the newspaper's Specialty Publications Director. Beaudoin left in July of 2006 after 10 years at the newspaper to become the Publisher of the Logan Herald-Observer and Woodbine Twiner in Harrison County, Iowa. Under Curd, The Examiner launched Welcome Home - a real estate guide - in 2007 and is also rolling out a redesign of the newspaper that year.

On October 23, 2007, Morris Communications announced it was selling the Examiner and several other publications to GateHouse Media.[1]

Audrey Stubbart, an American centenarian, worked for the Examiner until the age of 105, becoming the oldest verified full-time employee ever in the United States.