Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Woodward Communications, Inc. |
Publisher | Mike Fortman [1] |
Editor-in-chief | Amy Gilligan |
Managing editor | Allie Hinga |
Sports editor | Jim Leitner |
Photo editor | Dave Kettering |
Founded | 1836 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 801 Bluff Street, Dubuque, IA United States |
Circulation | 14,976 [2] |
Website |
thonline |
The Telegraph Herald, locally referred to as the TH, is a daily newspaper published in
Dubuque, Iowa, for the population of Dubuque and surrounding areas in
Iowa,
Illinois, and
Wisconsin. The newspaper is the result of a 1901 merger of the Dubuque Herald and the Dubuque Telegraph.
[3] A descendant of the Dubuque Visitor (founded in 1836), the Dubuque Herald's first editor was
Dennis Mahony.
[4]
The Telegraph was founded in 1870, and before merging with the Herald had absorbed eight local publications. [3] John S. Murphy was the editor and publisher of the Telegraph at the time of its merger until his death in March 1902. [3] He was a prominent Democratic leader, and editorialized at the time of the merger that "politically and economically the policy of the Telegraph-Herald will be a continuation of that of the Telegraph." [3]
His son and successor as editor from 1902 to 1914, Richard Louis Murphy, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1932. [5] The paper is published by Woodward Communications, which is also based in Dubuque. The current publisher is Mike Fortman and the executive editor is Amy Gilligan.