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The Advocate (Louisiana)

May 27, 2023

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The Advocate is Louisiana's largest daily newspaper. Based in Baton Rouge, it serves the southern portion of the state. Separate editions for New Orleans, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, and for Acadiana, The Acadiana Advocate, are published. It also publishes gambit, about New Orleans food, culture, events, and news, and weekly entertainment magazines: Red in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, and Beaucoup in New Orleans.

The Advocate
The April 4, 2007, front page of
The Advocate
TypeMorning daily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Georges Media
PublisherJudi Terzotis
EditorRene Sanchez
Founded1925 (with heritage dating to 1842)
Headquarters10705 Rieger Road
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Circulation36,685 Daily
42,064 Sunday[1]
Websitetheadvocate.com

History

The oldest ancestor of the modern paper was the Democratic Advocate, an anti-Whig, pro-Democrat periodical established in 1842.[2][3]

Another newspaper, the Louisiana Capitolian, was established in 1868 and soon merged with the then-named Weekly Advocate. By 1889 the paper was being published daily. In 1904, a new owner, William Hamilton, renamed it The Baton Rouge Times and later The State-Times, a paper with emphasis on local news.[2]

In 1909, The State-Times was acquired by Capital City Press, a company newly founded by Charles P. Manship Sr. and James Edmonds. Manship purchased his partner's interest in 1912. In 1925, he also began publishing The Morning Advocate to focus on national news. The Manship family[4][5] went on to become an influential force in Baton Rouge, later adding radio station WJBO in 1932 (moving it to Baton Rouge in 1934) and television station WBRZ-TV in 1955.[4][6]

The State-Times, an afternoon publication, ceased in October 1991. The Advocate remains the sole descendant of the original 1842 paper. The Manship family's Capital City Press company continued to own and operate The Advocate until 2013.

 
Handing out free copies of the New Orleans edition in the New Orleans Central Business District, October 2012

On October 1, 2012, under the Manships, The Advocate began printing and distributing a daily New Orleans edition. This was due to a perceived gap in the market[7] that materialized when New Orleans' longtime daily paper, The Times-Picayune, announced it would cut back its print publication to only three days a week.[8][9]

In March 2013, New Orleans businessman John Georges signed a letter of intent to purchase The Advocate.[10] Georges and his wife Dathel bought the newspaper through a holding company, Georges Media, on April 30, 2013.[11] The newspaper's circulation in 2013 was 98,000 (daily) and 125,000 (Sunday) as a result of its entry into and 20,000 subscriptions in the New Orleans market.[citation needed][needs update]

The Advocate relaunched its New Orleans edition August 18, 2013, as The New Orleans Advocate and later added The Acadiana Advocate, a third edition serving Lafayette and the Acadiana region.[12]

On April 9, 2018, the holding company for The New Orleans Advocate purchased the New Orleans weekly Gambit and bestofneworleans.com.[13][14]

In 2019, The Advocate won its first Pulitzer Prize, in the Local Reporting category, "For a damning portrayal of the state’s discriminatory conviction system, including a Jim Crow-era law, that enabled Louisiana courts to send defendants to jail without jury consensus on the accused’s guilt."[15] The Advocate's reporting highlighted how the state's non-unanimous jury law—one of only two in the country, with the other being in Oregon[16]—contributed to racial disparities in incarceration and sentencing.[17] Due in part to a voter-education campaign based on The Advocate's reporting, Louisiana voters approved an amendment to the state constitution requiring unanimous jury verdicts on November 6, 2018.[18][19][20]

In May 2019, The Advocate announced that the Georges had purchased its New Orleans competitor, The Times-Picayune, and planned to merge the two papers and their websites into a new newspaper in June 2019.[21][22] Like The Advocate, the combined newspaper will publish a print edition seven days a week.[21][22] The Advocate's Baton Rouge and Lafayette editions were unaffected. The merged paper, carrying the nameplates of both The Times-Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate, began publication on July 1.[23]

Notable people

  • David William Thomas
 
Advocate main office in Baton Rouge, 2012
  • In 2007, the newspaper lost three of its key staff with the deaths of Capitol Bureau Chief John LaPlante, health reporter and author of "The Patient Person" columns Laurie Smith Anderson and environmental writer Michael P. Dunne. LaPlante died in Texas in a drowning accident, and Anderson and Dunne succumbed to cancer.[24]
  • In 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman returned to Louisiana to join The Advocate as a cartoonist and animator, and columnist James Gill moved to The Advocate from the Times-Picayune.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "The Advocate". Louisiana Press Association. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. ^ a b . theadvocate.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. ^ "The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate | WorkNOLA". www.worknola.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  4. ^ a b "History of the Manship family", manshiptheatre.org. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  5. ^ Weber, Jeremy. "La. daily remains advocate of free press". Inland Press Association. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  6. ^ WBRZ. "The Advocate newspaper buys historic New Orleans newspaper". WBRZ. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  7. ^ Murphy, Paul. "The Advocate overwhelmed with subscribers, leaving some waiting on papers October 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." WWLTV. October 5, 2012. Retrieved on October 10, 2012.
  8. ^ Hagey, Keach (May 24, 2012). "Times-Picayune of New Orleans No Longer a Daily". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  9. ^ Mirkinson, Jack (May 24, 2012). "New Orleans Times-Picayune Faces Deep Cuts, Will End Daily Publication". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  10. ^ . The Advocate (Louisiana). March 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  11. ^ "John Georges hands Advocate publisher's reins to Dan Shea". theadvocate.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  12. ^ "How The Advocate conquered New Orleans (and most of the rest of Louisiana, too)". Poynter. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  13. ^ Advocate staff (April 9, 2018). "'A perfect fit': Advocate purchases Gambit weekly, bestofneworleans.com". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  14. ^ Gambit staff (April 9, 2018). "The Advocate purchases Gambit and BestofNewOrleans.com". bestofneworleans.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  15. ^ "The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Local Reporting: Staff of The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La". pulitzer.org. April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  16. ^ Wilson, Conrad (April 10, 2019). "Oregon Court Of Appeals Ruling Upholds State's Nonunanimous Juries". opb.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  17. ^ Advocate Staff (April 15, 2019). "The Advocate wins first Pulitzer Prize for series that helped change Louisiana's split-jury law". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  18. ^ Advocate Staff. "Tilting the scales series: Everything to know about Louisiana's controversial 10-2 jury law". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  19. ^ Simerman, John; Russell, Gordon (November 7, 2018). "From ACLU to NRA: Campaign for unanimous juries targeted Louisiana voters across the spectrum". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  20. ^ Simerman, John (May 14, 2018). "'It's time': Louisiana House backs letting voters decide on controversial jury verdict law". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  21. ^ a b The Associated Press (2019-05-02). "Louisiana's The Advocate purchasing The Times-Picayune". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  22. ^ a b Advocate staff (2019-05-02). "Times-Picayune, nola.com bought by Advocate's Dathel and John Georges to ensure 'strong' news company". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  23. ^ Kovacs, Peter (June 30, 2019). "A new day for The Times-Picayune and New Orleans Advocate: A letter from the editor to our readers". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  24. ^ . www.editorandpublisher.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-22.

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neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Advocate is Louisiana s largest daily newspaper Based in Baton Rouge it serves the southern portion of the state Separate editions for New Orleans The Times Picayune The New Orleans Advocate and for Acadiana The Acadiana Advocate are published It also publishes gambit about New Orleans food culture events and news and weekly entertainment magazines Red in Baton Rouge and Lafayette and Beaucoup in New Orleans The AdvocateThe April 4 2007 front page ofThe AdvocateTypeMorning daily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Georges MediaPublisherJudi TerzotisEditorRene SanchezFounded1925 with heritage dating to 1842 Headquarters10705 Rieger RoadBaton Rouge LouisianaCirculation36 685 Daily 42 064 Sunday 1 Websitetheadvocate wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Notable people 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe oldest ancestor of the modern paper was the Democratic Advocate an anti Whig pro Democrat periodical established in 1842 2 3 Another newspaper the Louisiana Capitolian was established in 1868 and soon merged with the then named Weekly Advocate By 1889 the paper was being published daily In 1904 a new owner William Hamilton renamed it The Baton Rouge Times and later The State Times a paper with emphasis on local news 2 In 1909 The State Times was acquired by Capital City Press a company newly founded by Charles P Manship Sr and James Edmonds Manship purchased his partner s interest in 1912 In 1925 he also began publishing The Morning Advocate to focus on national news The Manship family 4 5 went on to become an influential force in Baton Rouge later adding radio station WJBO in 1932 moving it to Baton Rouge in 1934 and television station WBRZ TV in 1955 4 6 The State Times an afternoon publication ceased in October 1991 The Advocate remains the sole descendant of the original 1842 paper The Manship family s Capital City Press company continued to own and operate The Advocate until 2013 Handing out free copies of the New Orleans edition in the New Orleans Central Business District October 2012 On October 1 2012 under the Manships The Advocate began printing and distributing a daily New Orleans edition This was due to a perceived gap in the market 7 that materialized when New Orleans longtime daily paper The Times Picayune announced it would cut back its print publication to only three days a week 8 9 In March 2013 New Orleans businessman John Georges signed a letter of intent to purchase The Advocate 10 Georges and his wife Dathel bought the newspaper through a holding company Georges Media on April 30 2013 11 The newspaper s circulation in 2013 was 98 000 daily and 125 000 Sunday as a result of its entry into and 20 000 subscriptions in the New Orleans market citation needed needs update The Advocate relaunched its New Orleans edition August 18 2013 as The New Orleans Advocate and later added The Acadiana Advocate a third edition serving Lafayette and the Acadiana region 12 On April 9 2018 the holding company for The New Orleans Advocate purchased the New Orleans weekly Gambit and bestofneworleans com 13 14 In 2019 The Advocate won its first Pulitzer Prize in the Local Reporting category For a damning portrayal of the state s discriminatory conviction system including a Jim Crow era law that enabled Louisiana courts to send defendants to jail without jury consensus on the accused s guilt 15 The Advocate s reporting highlighted how the state s non unanimous jury law one of only two in the country with the other being in Oregon 16 contributed to racial disparities in incarceration and sentencing 17 Due in part to a voter education campaign based on The Advocate s reporting Louisiana voters approved an amendment to the state constitution requiring unanimous jury verdicts on November 6 2018 18 19 20 In May 2019 The Advocate announced that the Georges had purchased its New Orleans competitor The Times Picayune and planned to merge the two papers and their websites into a new newspaper in June 2019 21 22 Like The Advocate the combined newspaper will publish a print edition seven days a week 21 22 The Advocate s Baton Rouge and Lafayette editions were unaffected The merged paper carrying the nameplates of both The Times Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate began publication on July 1 23 Notable people EditDavid William Thomas Advocate main office in Baton Rouge 2012 In 2007 the newspaper lost three of its key staff with the deaths of Capitol Bureau Chief John LaPlante health reporter and author of The Patient Person columns Laurie Smith Anderson and environmental writer Michael P Dunne LaPlante died in Texas in a drowning accident and Anderson and Dunne succumbed to cancer 24 In 2013 two time Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman returned to Louisiana to join The Advocate as a cartoonist and animator and columnist James Gill moved to The Advocate from the Times Picayune citation needed References Edit The Advocate Louisiana Press Association Retrieved 2023 04 24 a b The Advocate History theadvocate com Archived from the original on 2016 04 25 Retrieved 2016 04 22 The Times Picayune The New Orleans Advocate WorkNOLA www worknola com Retrieved 2020 09 06 a b History of the Manship family manshiptheatre org Retrieved 2016 09 21 Weber Jeremy La daily remains advocate of free press Inland Press Association Retrieved 2020 09 06 WBRZ The Advocate newspaper buys historic New Orleans newspaper WBRZ Retrieved 2020 09 06 Murphy Paul The Advocate overwhelmed with subscribers leaving some waiting on papers Archived October 8 2012 at the Wayback Machine WWLTV October 5 2012 Retrieved on October 10 2012 Hagey Keach May 24 2012 Times Picayune of New Orleans No Longer a Daily The Wall Street Journal Retrieved May 24 2012 Mirkinson Jack May 24 2012 New Orleans Times Picayune Faces Deep Cuts Will End Daily Publication Huffington Post Retrieved May 24 2012 Georges signs letter of intent to buy The Advocate The Advocate Louisiana March 25 2013 Archived from the original on January 6 2014 Retrieved 2013 03 26 John Georges hands Advocate publisher s reins to Dan Shea theadvocate com Retrieved 2016 04 22 How The Advocate conquered New Orleans and most of the rest of Louisiana too Poynter 2019 05 21 Retrieved 2020 09 06 Advocate staff April 9 2018 A perfect fit Advocate purchases Gambit weekly bestofneworleans com The New Orleans Advocate Retrieved 2018 04 12 Gambit staff April 9 2018 The Advocate purchases Gambit and BestofNewOrleans com bestofneworleans com Retrieved 2018 04 12 The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Local Reporting Staff of The Advocate Baton Rouge La pulitzer org April 2019 Retrieved 2019 04 26 Wilson Conrad April 10 2019 Oregon Court Of Appeals Ruling Upholds State s Nonunanimous Juries opb org Retrieved 2019 04 26 Advocate Staff April 15 2019 The Advocate wins first Pulitzer Prize for series that helped change Louisiana s split jury law The Advocate Retrieved 2019 04 26 Advocate Staff Tilting the scales series Everything to know about Louisiana s controversial 10 2 jury law The Advocate Retrieved 2019 04 26 Simerman John Russell Gordon November 7 2018 From ACLU to NRA Campaign for unanimous juries targeted Louisiana voters across the spectrum The Advocate Retrieved 2019 04 26 Simerman John May 14 2018 It s time Louisiana House backs letting voters decide on controversial jury verdict law The Advocate Retrieved 2019 04 26 a b The Associated Press 2019 05 02 Louisiana s The Advocate purchasing The Times Picayune ABC News Retrieved 2019 05 02 a b Advocate staff 2019 05 02 Times Picayune nola com bought by Advocate s Dathel and John Georges to ensure strong news company The Advocate Retrieved 2019 05 02 Kovacs Peter June 30 2019 A new day for The Times Picayune and New Orleans Advocate A letter from the editor to our readers NOLA com Retrieved 2019 07 12 Mike Dunne Veteran Reporter in 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