Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is a daily newspaper
located in Sarasota, Florida
.
It is owned by The New York Times Company
, who purchased it in 1982, and part of its regional news group. Along with Comcast
, the newspaper operates a local 24-hour
cable news
television channel called SNN News 6
. The current Publisher is Diane McFarlin
.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune headquarters building is designed by Arquitectonica
and has won the American Institute of Architect's Award of Excellence.
On April 18, 2011, Herald-Tribune reporter Paige St. John won the Pulitzer Prize
for investigative journalism for her series on Florida's insurance industry . This was the first Pulitzer in the Herald-Tribune's history, marking a "sustained commitment to excellence" .
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
located in Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...
.
It is owned by The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City....
, who purchased it in 1982, and part of its regional news group. Along with Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, the newspaper operates a local 24-hour
24-hour news cycle
The 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of television channels dedicated to news, and brought about a much faster pace of news production with increased demand for stories that can be presented as news, as opposed to the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers...
cable news
United States cable news
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television channel called SNN News 6
SNN News 6
SNN Local News 6 is a Comcast 24-hour cable news television station operating in Sarasota, Florida. The station operates in conjunction with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which houses the station in its downtown Sarasota building...
. The current Publisher is Diane McFarlin
Diane McFarlin
Diane McFarlin is the current Publisher for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.McFarlin is a fourth-generation Floridian, and she began her journalism career at age 15 when she covered her first city commission meeting for her hometown newspaper. McFarlin went on to study Journalism at the University of...
.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune headquarters building is designed by Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and urban planning corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States in the Coconut Grove neighborhood, with offices in ten other cities throughout the world...
and has won the American Institute of Architect's Award of Excellence.
On April 18, 2011, Herald-Tribune reporter Paige St. John won the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for investigative journalism for her series on Florida's insurance industry . This was the first Pulitzer in the Herald-Tribune's history, marking a "sustained commitment to excellence" .