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NC Newspaper History
Roy Parker, reporter, editor and historian, prepared the following biographies on North Carolina journalists in 1998 to mark the 125th anniversary of the NC Press Association.
1. “The Newspaper”
2. North Carolina Press Association
3. William Henry Bernard
4. Tom Bost
5. Beatrice Cobb
6. Willard Cole and Horace Carter
7. John Campbell Dancy
8. The Daniels Family
9. Gordon Gray
10. C.W. Griffith
11. Thomas Henderson Jr.
12. Abraham Hodge
13. James Davis
14. Walter Ney Keener
15. H.A. “Slim” Kendall
16. Thomas J. Lemay
17. Tony McKevlin
18. C.A. McKnight
19. John Charles McNeill
20. Catherine and Victor Meekins
21. Spencer Murphy
22. Roy and J. Mayon Parker
23. Robert Lee Vann
Contact your local newspaper to find out more about its history. Also, look for that information on individual newspapers' Web sites. The masthead on the editorial page identifies the current owners and managers of a newspaper.