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==Closure in 1991==  

==Closure in 1991==  

Beaird announced the closure of ''The Journal'' on January 29, 1991, to give employees two months notice before the effective date of termination on March 30. He explained that the publication had lost circulation and advertising revenues during the preceding decade from a high of nearly 40,000 to barely 16,000. Beaird did not comment on the possibility that his liberal editorial views, new to the older readers, had been a factor in the decline in circulation. "There just comes a time when it becomes uneconomical to go on. It was a very tough, sad decision," he said."Shreveport Journal ends publication after 96 years",<ref> ''Minden Press-Herald'', March 31, 1991, p. 1</ref>

Beaird announced the closure of ''The Journal'' on January 29, 1991, to give employees two months notice before the effective date of termination on March 30. He explained that the publication had lost circulation and advertising revenues during the preceding decade from a high of nearly 40,000 to barely 16,000. Beaird did not comment on the possibility that his liberal editorial views, new to the older readers, had been a factor in the decline in circulation. "There just comes a time when it becomes uneconomical to go on. It was a very tough, sad decision," he said."Shreveport Journal ends publication after 96 years",<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', March 31, 1991, p. 1</ref>

Though ''The Journal'' had closed as a daily paper in 1991, Beaird contracted an agreement with ''The Times'' to carry on the op-ed page the so-called "Journal Page", adorned with Beaird's favorite flower, the rose, allowing continuing editorial comment approved by Beaird and managed by editor Jim Montgomery. This "Journal Page" continued until December 31, 1999.''The Journal'' won several important prizes under Beaird, including the "[[Robert F. Kennedy]] Award for Coverage of the Disadvantaged" by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the "Mass Media Gold Medallion" for stories on [[African American]] history, and the Scripps-Howard National Journalism Awards for Editorial Writing."Journal Page" was a 1994 finalist for a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in Editorial Writing for a series on decriminalization of narcotics.<ref>Beaird obituary, ''Shreveport Times'', April 20, 2006</ref>  

Though ''The Journal'' had closed as a daily paper in 1991, Beaird contracted an agreement with ''The Times'' to carry on the op-ed page the so-called "Journal Page", adorned with Beaird's favorite flower, the rose, allowing continuing editorial comment approved by Beaird and managed by editor Jim Montgomery. This "Journal Page" continued until December 31, 1999.''The Journal'' won several important prizes under Beaird, including the "[[Robert F. Kennedy]] Award for Coverage of the Disadvantaged" by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the "Mass Media Gold Medallion" for stories on [[African American]] history, and the Scripps-Howard National Journalism Awards for Editorial Writing."Journal Page" was a 1994 finalist for a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in Editorial Writing for a series on decriminalization of narcotics.<ref>Beaird obituary, ''Shreveport Times'', April 20, 2006</ref>  

*'''Marshall Douglas''', religion editor in 1970s

*'''Marshall Douglas''', religion editor in 1970s

*'''James H. Greene''' (1918-1988), staff writer prior to 1950, candidate for [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1950."<ref>James Greene Enters Race for Congress," ''Minden Herald'', June 2, 1950, p. 12</ref>

*'''James H. Greene''' (1918-1988), staff writer prior to 1950, candidate for [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1950."<ref>James Greene Enters Race for Congress," ''Minden Herald'', June 2, 1950, p. 12</ref>

*'''Chet Hilburn''', reporter, author of ''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystique-Tiger-Stadium-Ascension/dp/1449752691|title=''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 245 Greatest Games: The ascension of LSU Football''|publisher=WestBowPress, ISBN: 1449752691|accessdate=September 10, 2012}}

*'''Chet Hilburn''', reporter, author of ''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystique-Tiger-Stadium-Ascension/dp/1449752691|title=''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 245 Greatest Games: The ascension of LSU Football''|publisher=WestBowPress, ISBN 1449752691|accessdate=September 10, 2012}}

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*'''Bill Keith''', former city editor, later ''Shreveport Times'' investigative reporter, and member of the Louisiana State Senate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pelicanpub.com/products.php?cat=313|title=Bill Keith|pubisher=pelicanpub.com|accessdate=July 3, 2012}}</ref>

*'''Bill Keith''', former city editor, later ''Shreveport Times'' investigative reporter, and member of the Louisiana State Senate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pelicanpub.com/products.php?cat=313|title=Bill Keith|pubisher=pelicanpub.com|accessdate=July 3, 2012}}</ref>