The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald is a newspaper made in Sydney, Australia. It is made by an Australian company called Fairfax, and started on 18 April 1831.^[2]Herald, holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia.^[3][4]

The Sydney Morning Herald

Independent. Always.
Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Nine Entertainment(since 2018)
Founder(s)	William McGarvie Alfred Ward Stephens Frederick Stokes
Publisher	Nine Entertainment Co.
Editor	Bevan Shields
Deputy editor	Liam Phelan
Associate editor	Deborah Snow
Managing editors	Monique Farmer
Sports editor	Ben Coady
Photo editor	Mags King
Staff writers	700+
Founded	April 1831; 193 years ago (1831-04)
Language	English
Headquarters	1 Denison Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Readership	808,000 (weekly)[1]
Sister newspapers	The Sun-Herald The Age
ISSN	0312-6315
OCLC number	226369741
Website	smh.com.au

The first edition of The Sydney Morning Herald

Notable Contributors

Writers

• Waleed Aly
• Eliza Ashton
• Louisa Atkinson
• Julia Baird
• Lucian Boz
• Mike Carlton
• Anne Davies
• Peter FitzSimons
• Ross Gittins
• Richard Glover
• Peter Hartcher
• Amanda Hooton
• Adele Horin
• H. G. Kippax
• Amy Mack
• Louise Mack
• Roy Masters
• Anne Summers
• Kate McClymont

Illustrators

• Simon Letch, named as one of the year's best illustrators on four consecutive occasions.^[5]

References

1. "The Sydney Morning Herald is the country's largest masthead". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 November 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
2. "History of The Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
3. "We're no. 1: SMH the country's most-read masthead". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
4. "Australia's oldest metro newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald turns 185 - Mediaweek". www.mediaweek.com.au. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
5. "Behind the lines. Year's best political cartoons". nma.gov.au. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016.

Other websites

• The Sydney Morning Herald homepage