Cherokee County Herald

The Cherokee County Post-Herald is a weekly newspaper in Centre, Alabama. ^[1]

Cherokee County Post-Herald

Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	David Crawford Jr.
Publisher	David Crawford Jr.
Editor	Scott Wright
Founded	1938
Headquarters	Centre, Alabama, United States
Circulation	1,500
Website	cherokeeherald.com

Ownership

The Herald was founded by Joseph M. Shaw Sr. in 1938. He was a veteran and an active member in his community, participating in the Lion's Club, Centre Chamber of Commerce, and First Baptist Church.^[2] Joseph "Joe" Shaw Jr., who was 17 when the paper first started, became assistant publisher of the Herald. He left his position at the paper for four years while he was in the Army and returned in 1946 as associate editor and publisher,^[3] Joseph jr. took ownership of the Herald after his father's death in 1965.^[4]

The Herald was the only weekly newspaper in Cherokee County until 1984, when Consolidated Publishing Co. started the Cherokee Sun as a weekly shopper.^[5] The Sun was later sold to the Cherokee Publishing Co.. The shopper merged with the Cherokee County Herald and was provided to every household in the county not subscribed to the Herald.^[6]

Melrose Shaw briefly became publisher after her husband's death, then retired from the newspaper business and sold the Herald to News Publishing Co.^[7] David Crawford Jr., owner of the Cherokee County Post, bought the Herald from the News Publishing Company in 2017, restoring local ownership to the paper.^[1]

In March 2020, Crawford combined The Post (a weekly shopper) and The Herald (the county's paper of record) into the Cherokee Post-Herald. Scott Wright, the editor of The Post since 2000, became the managing editor of the new weekly paper. Weekly circulation is 1,500 copies.

Awards

APA Better Newspaper Contest^[8]

Year	Award	Place	Recipient
2018	Best Editorial Page or Section	1st	staff
2018	Best Sports Single Event Story	1st	Shannon Fagan
2018	Best Sports News In-Depth Coverage	3rd	staff

Alabama Sports Writers Association^[9][10]

Year	Award	Place	Recipient
2018	Best Game Story	1st	Shannon Fagan
2018	Best Column or Feature	2nd	Shannon Fagan
2015	Best Story or Series Writing, Column	1st	Shannon Fagan
2015	Best Story or Series Writing, Column	2nd	Shannon Fagan
2015	Best Story or Series Writing, Game Story	1st	Shannon Fagan
2015	Best Story or Series Writing, Game Story	2nd	Shannon Fagan
2015	Herby Kirby Memorial Award	1st	Shannon Fagan

Cherokee County Museum and Historical Society^[11]

Year	Award	Recipient
2017	Baker-Dean Media Award	Shannon Fagan

References

1. "Herald is once again under local ownership". Cherokee County Herald. 2 Aug 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
2. "Shaw, 68, Succumbs". The Anniston Star. 14 June 1965. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
3. "Returns to Paper". The Dothan Eagle. 7 Jan 1946. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. "Deaths - Shaw". The Anniston Star. 20 Feb 1987. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
5. "Consolidated starts Cherokee weekly". The Anniston Star. 9 Feb 1984. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
6. "Cherokee Sun sold to Cherokee Herald". The Anniston Star. 23 Dec 1988. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
7. "Cherokee Paper sells to Georgia Company". The Anniston Star. 10 May 1988. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
8. "APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced" (PDF). Alabama Press Association. 25 May 2018.
9. "AL.com's Stephenson wins top Alabama sports writing award". AP News. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
10. "Cherokee County's Fagan wins top ASWA writing award". The Washington Times. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
11. Dean, Terry (27 June 2017). "Shannon Fagan wins first Baker-Dean Media Award". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

External links

• e-Edition