Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1991-03-29

Duration: 00:02:58

Subjects: Newspapers

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Duhe, Jeff Reporter
• Pliler, Tracy Interviewee
• Norder, Lois Interviewee
• Beaird, Charles Interviewee

This segment from the March 29, 1991, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe’s report on the closure of the Shreveport Journal newspaper after 96 years of publication. He interviews: Tracy Pliler, copy editor; Lois Norder, city editor; and Dr. Charles Beaird, publisher. Host: Robert Collins