Daily Star (Hammond)
Encyclopedia
The Daily & Sunday Star is a newspaper published in Hammond, Louisiana
, by the Daily Star Publishing Company, located at 725 South Morrison
Boulevard, ZIP
70403-5401. As of 2011 the publisher is Keenan Gingles, the executive editor is Lil Mirando, and the city editor is Heidi Rogers Kinchen. The newspaper belongs to the Associated Press
, the Louisiana Press Association, and the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The newspaper focuses on happenings in Tangipahoa Parish, where Hammond is located, and in Livingston Parish and Saint Helena Parish—the three civil parishes (counties in other states) of its home-delivery circulation area.
and a full range of comics
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Over the years the Daily Star has been owned by various media corporations. As of 2011 it was owned by Paxton Media Group
.
and its aftermath the Star (as it is often called locally) continued operation via emergency measures and skipped paper publication on just one day—August 30, Tuesday, the sole date since 1959 that the Star had not published as scheduled. In the meantime, even on that Tuesday as during the preceding weekend, the Star staff was at work and, with the public power outage, used generators and laptop
computers to maintain the newspaper's web site; issues for August 31 and September 1 and 2 were printed in Denham Springs. During and after the storm the Star facilities in Hammond served as the temporary operations center for the Associated Press
New Orleans bureau and as a temporary reporting-base for several newspapers from around the country that covered the New Orleans situation. With just one day of interrupted publication on paper, the Star published accounts of the hurricane and its aftermath, including controversies related to the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA).
issues and provide grassroots commentary obtainable nowhere else.
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...
, by the Daily Star Publishing Company, located at 725 South Morrison
James H. Morrison
James Hobson "Jimmy" Morrison, Sr. , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the Sixth Congressional District of Louisiana, who served from 1943 to 1967...
Boulevard, ZIP
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
70403-5401. As of 2011 the publisher is Keenan Gingles, the executive editor is Lil Mirando, and the city editor is Heidi Rogers Kinchen. The newspaper belongs to the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, the Louisiana Press Association, and the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The newspaper focuses on happenings in Tangipahoa Parish, where Hammond is located, and in Livingston Parish and Saint Helena Parish—the three civil parishes (counties in other states) of its home-delivery circulation area.
History
The Daily Star began on 1959 November 12 as the Hammond Press, which on December 23 of the same year retitled itself the Hammond Item. As of 2011 the Daily & Sunday Star is the sole daily newspaper published in Hammond. The newspaper publishes on Sunday as the Sunday Star and on five weekdays (Tuesday through Saturday as of 2011) as the Daily Star. In 2007 the Daily Star changed from being an afternoon newspaper to publishing in the morning, thus within its three-parish circulation area going into head-to-head competition with the Advocate (Baton Rouge) and the Times-Picayune (New Orleans). The Daily Star has held up by nuancing to this competitive environment in Louisiana's fastest-growing region and as of 2009 has paid circulation above 12 thousand, free (shopping) circulation of 35 thousand, and prodigious advertising, especially in the Thursday and Sunday editions. The Sunday Star circulates USA WeekendUSA Weekend
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and a full range of comics
Comics
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Over the years the Daily Star has been owned by various media corporations. As of 2011 it was owned by Paxton Media Group
Paxton Media Group
Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers and a TV station, WPSD-TV in Paducah. David M. Paxton is president and CEO....
.
Role in Hurricane Katrina news
In 2005 during Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
and its aftermath the Star (as it is often called locally) continued operation via emergency measures and skipped paper publication on just one day—August 30, Tuesday, the sole date since 1959 that the Star had not published as scheduled. In the meantime, even on that Tuesday as during the preceding weekend, the Star staff was at work and, with the public power outage, used generators and laptop
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
computers to maintain the newspaper's web site; issues for August 31 and September 1 and 2 were printed in Denham Springs. During and after the storm the Star facilities in Hammond served as the temporary operations center for the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
New Orleans bureau and as a temporary reporting-base for several newspapers from around the country that covered the New Orleans situation. With just one day of interrupted publication on paper, the Star published accounts of the hurricane and its aftermath, including controversies related to the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders...
(FEMA).
Opinion page
The Daily Star carries various national, state, and local columns. The Star editorial policy is politically nonaligned, but occasionally the newspaper has endorsed candidates since 1986. A major feature of the Daily Star is its letters to the editor, which are often vigorous about local LouisianaLouisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
issues and provide grassroots commentary obtainable nowhere else.