The Washington Examiner
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| Washington Examiner | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Philip Anschutz |
| Publisher | Michael Phelps |
| Editor | Stephen G. Smith |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Price | Free |
| Headquarters | 1015 15th St. NW Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20005 United States |
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| Website: http://www.examiner.com/dc/ | |
The Washington Examiner is a free daily newspaper published in Springfield, Virginia, and distributed around Washington, D.C. and its suburbs.
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[edit] History
The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.
[edit] Distribution
The newspaper is supported entirely by advertisements and is distributed free of charge. It is printed in a "compact", sometimes referred to as a tabloid format, but is not a "tabloid" in the pejorative sense. The Examiner covers world, national, and local news and sports. The Examiner's executive editor is Stephen G. Smith. The newspaper employs news services, syndicated writers, and a number of freelance writers. The newspaper has a small, non-union editorial staff, with about four reporters for each edition (Virginia, DC, and Maryland).
[edit] Editorial shakeups
John Wilpers, the Examiner's first editor-in-chief, resigned in December 2005. His departure was unexpected, and it followed a number of other shake-ups on the newly launched tabloid's masthead. The paper's Virginia editor also left, in December 2005. Wilpers' replacement, Vivienne Sosnowski, served through 2007 before Stephen G. Smith's becoming chief editor.
Also, early 2007, the design department had some issues when Assistant Managing Editor, Rachel R. Barth, quit to work for The Army Times. Dan Rubin took over as Director of Pagination but held the job only until March 2008, when he left and Joana Suleiman took over.
In late May 2008, it was announced that Townhall Managing Editor, FOX News contributor, and national columnist Mary Katharine Ham will be made online editor of the all new "dcexaminer.com".
[edit] Distribution controversy
When the Examiner launched in late 2005, Washington City Paper writers Erik Wemple and Jeff Horwitz surveyed Washington, D.C. neighborhoods and discovered that free home delivery of the Examiner occurred in exclusively white, affluent neighborhoods, while "majority-black neighborhoods are lucky to get even spotty service."[1]
