The paper was established in 1923 [2][3] by a Bahamian immigrant, Henry E. Sigismund Reeves.
Sigismund Reeves founded the weekly paper, which he printed on a small hand press in his home.
His son, Garth succeeded him as editor and publisher in 1970, and passed the mantle to his daughter and Sigismund's granddaughter, Rachel Janie Reeves[4] in 1994. The current publisher is Rachel's son, and Sigismund's great-grandson, Garth Basil Reeves III.
After becoming publisher in 1994, Rachel instituted changes to the paper's format, a business decision that enabled it to compete with other local papers like the Miami Herald. She also raised the pay of her staff to attract talent. The change from a tabloid to broadsheet is credited with keeping loyal readers and gaining new ones.
Referencesedit
^Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Mark Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. p. 362. ISBN978-0-674-00788-8.
^Fleuranvil, Fabiola. "Miami Times". Miami and the Beaches. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
^"The Origin of the Miami Times", by Garth C. Reeves, Sr. as told to Dorothy Jenkins Fields. Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 5 (June 1978).
^Cohen, Howard, "Rachel Reeves, The Miami Times publisher who built on the family dynasty, dies at 69", Miami Herald, September 13, 2019 .
External linksedit
Official website
February 16, 2024
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