First issued on August 5, 1927, as a weekly six-page newspaper, The Desert Sun grew with the desert communities it serves. It covers local, state, national and world news, and has developed a variety of sections over time.[1]
The newspaper began to publish six days a week in 1955 and had its first Sunday edition on September 8, 1991. Its circulation to date is 50,000 and their distribution range is in regional communities from Beaumont to Twentynine Palms to the Salton Sea.
On March 1, 2024, the paper's newsroom union went on strike to protest what it called bad faith bargaining from Gannet. The work stoppage was the first indefinite strike in the paper's history. The next day the union ended its strike after reaching a tentative contract agreement.[2]
Productionedit
Since 1988, The Desert Sun has been owned by Gannett. The IndioDaily News was acquired in 1990 and merged with The Desert Sun to become the sole local newspaper. The online website for The Desert Sun uses the same layout template used for most Gannett newspapers.
Headquarters are located in Palm Springs, in an office complex built in 1991 to replace a smaller building. The paper was published locally for most of its existence, but as with many Gannett publications, printing presses were consolidated. On Sunday, September 20, 2020, The Desert Sun ran its printing presses for the final time. Print editions of The Desert Sun are now printed in Phoenix at Gannett's co-owned Arizona Republic.[3]
The Desert Sun published the Desert Post Weekly, a variety entertainment paper available on every Thursday in the distribution range, as well as city-specific publications The Indio Sun, The La Quinta Sun, The Palm Springs Weekend, The Palm Desert Sun and The Cathedral City Sun.
In 2010, the second page of the primary section was known as "7 by 7:30AM", to focus on the editor's selected seven most important stories of the day. The namesake was to estimate how long it takes to read the second page in half an hour (from 7:00 am to 7:30 am). In the 2010s, the Sun published a Spanish-Language weekly El Sol Desierto based in Coachella, California for its Hispanic/Latino readers.
Desert Star Weekly (published in Desert Hot Springs), a weekly Coachella Valley newspaper
Desert Magazine (published in Palm Desert), a monthly magazine covering desert topics
Desert Daily Guide Magazine (published in Palm Springs), a weekly magazine covering LGBT topics for 22 years
Referencesedit
^Makinen, Julie (May 21, 2021). "Desert Sun wins 35 prizes in California Journalism Awards". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^Fu, Angela (2024-03-01). "Update: Unionized Desert Sun journalists reach agreement after first open-ended strike in paper's history". Poynter. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
^Adams, Dan (September 20, 2020). "Stop the Presses! The Desert Sun Ceases Printing at Its Palm Springs Headquarters". KMIR News. Palm Springs, California. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
^DiPierro, Amy. "Julie Makinen named top editor of Desert Sun". The Desert Sun. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
^Makinen, Julie. "Desert Sun editor Julie Makinen bids farewell after 4½ years in 'best and toughest' job". The Desert Sun. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
Further readingedit
Desert Memories: Historic Images of the Coachella Valley. Palm Springs, California: The Desert Sun. 2002. p. 128. ISBN978-1932129014. OCLC 50674171.
External linksedit
Official website
April 26, 2024
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This article is about the Palm Springs California newspaper For other uses see Desert Sun This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Desert Sun news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources The Desert Sun news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California The Desert SunTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s GannettEditorKate FrancoFounded1927 97 years ago 1927 Headquarters750 N Gene Autry TrailPalm Springs CAOCLC number26432381Websitedesertsun comFree online archivescdnc ucr edu 1934 1989 Former logo Contents 1 History 2 Production 3 Editors and leadership 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory editFirst issued on August 5 1927 as a weekly six page newspaper The Desert Sun grew with the desert communities it serves It covers local state national and world news and has developed a variety of sections over time 1 The newspaper began to publish six days a week in 1955 and had its first Sunday edition on September 8 1991 Its circulation to date is 50 000 and their distribution range is in regional communities from Beaumont to Twentynine Palms to the Salton Sea On March 1 2024 the paper s newsroom union went on strike to protest what it called bad faith bargaining from Gannet The work stoppage was the first indefinite strike in the paper s history The next day the union ended its strike after reaching a tentative contract agreement 2 Production editSince 1988 The Desert Sun has been owned by Gannett The Indio Daily News was acquired in 1990 and merged with The Desert Sun to become the sole local newspaper The online website for The Desert Sun uses the same layout template used for most Gannett newspapers Headquarters are located in Palm Springs in an office complex built in 1991 to replace a smaller building The paper was published locally for most of its existence but as with many Gannett publications printing presses were consolidated On Sunday September 20 2020 The Desert Sun ran its printing presses for the final time Print editions of The Desert Sun are now printed in Phoenix at Gannett s co owned Arizona Republic 3 The Desert Sun published the Desert Post Weekly a variety entertainment paper available on every Thursday in the distribution range as well as city specific publications The Indio Sun The La Quinta Sun The Palm Springs Weekend The Palm Desert Sun and The Cathedral City Sun In 2010 the second page of the primary section was known as 7 by 7 30AM to focus on the editor s selected seven most important stories of the day The namesake was to estimate how long it takes to read the second page in half an hour from 7 00 am to 7 30 am In the 2010s the Sun published a Spanish Language weekly El Sol Desierto based in Coachella California for its Hispanic Latino readers Its main regional competitor is the Riverside Press Enterprise based in Riverside California Editors and leadership editGreg Burton served as executive editor of the paper from 2011 to 2018 before leaving to become executive editor of The Arizona Republic On October 8 2018 Julie Makinen became the executive editor Makinen previously worked for The Washington Post International New York Times and Los Angeles Times where she served as film editor and Beijing Bureau chief 4 Makinen left that role in early 2023 and was replaced as executive editor by veteran Desert Sun editor Kate Franco 5 See also edit nbsp Journalism portal Desert Star Weekly published in Desert Hot Springs a weekly Coachella Valley newspaper Desert Magazine published in Palm Desert a monthly magazine covering desert topics Desert Daily Guide Magazine published in Palm Springs a weekly magazine covering LGBT topics for 22 yearsReferences edit Makinen Julie May 21 2021 Desert Sun wins 35 prizes in California Journalism Awards The Desert Sun Retrieved 2021 05 22 Fu Angela 2024 03 01 Update Unionized Desert Sun journalists reach agreement after first open ended strike in paper s history Poynter Retrieved 2024 03 07 Adams Dan September 20 2020 Stop the Presses The Desert Sun Ceases Printing at Its Palm Springs Headquarters KMIR News Palm Springs California Retrieved May 4 2021 DiPierro Amy Julie Makinen named top editor of Desert Sun The Desert Sun Retrieved October 1 2019 Makinen Julie Desert Sun editor Julie Makinen bids farewell after 4 years in best and toughest job The Desert Sun Retrieved September 30 2023 Further reading editDesert Memories Historic Images of the Coachella Valley Palm Springs California The Desert Sun 2002 p 128 ISBN 978 1932129014 OCLC 50674171 External links editOfficial website Gannett subsidiary profile of The Desert Sun Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Desert Sun amp oldid 1214467356, 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