Changes

''The Journal'' began as ''The Judge'' under the ownership of J. E. Goodwin. The name "The Journal" was not adopted until February 17, 1897. Ownership changed frequently in the early years. William E. Hamilton purchased the paper about 1900 and operated it until 1911, at which time it was acquired by the Journal Publishing Company, with Andrew Jackson "A. J." Frantz, Jr. (1877-1947), a native of Rankin County, [[Mississippi]], and a veteran of the [[Spanish-American War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55065913|title=Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> as the president of the company and [[Douglas Attaway]], as secretary. In 1918, Attaway acquired controlling interest and in 1925 became the president and publisher. Upon Attaway's death in 1957, his son,  [[Douglas F. Attaway, Jr.|Douglas Fisher Attaway]], became president and publisher. [[Dolph Frantz]], a nephew of  A. J. Frantz, Jr., was the long term city editor of ''The Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scripts.lsus.edu/libarchives/tags.php?tag=5946|title=Shreveport Journal Collection (1921-1990)|publisher=Lsus.edu|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref> A journalism graduate of the [[University of Missouri]], Attaway from 1966 until 1979 was the chairman of the board of KSLA-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate and the first [[television]] outlet in Shreveport, having begun in 1954. Attaway sold KSLA to [[Viacom]]. He was also a former chairman of the board of Newspaper Production Company and the Attaway Newspaper Group, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|author=John Andrew Prime|title=Former Journal publisher dies at age 83|work=Shreveport Times|date=February 22, 1994}}</ref>

''The Journal'' began as ''The Judge'' under the ownership of J. E. Goodwin. The name "The Journal" was not adopted until February 17, 1897. Ownership changed frequently in the early years. William E. Hamilton purchased the paper about 1900 and operated it until 1911, at which time it was acquired by the Journal Publishing Company, with Andrew Jackson "A. J." Frantz, Jr. (1877-1947), a native of Rankin County, [[Mississippi]], and a veteran of the [[Spanish-American War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55065913|title=Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> as the president of the company and [[Douglas Attaway]], as secretary. In 1918, Attaway acquired controlling interest and in 1925 became the president and publisher. Upon Attaway's death in 1957, his son,  [[Douglas F. Attaway, Jr.|Douglas Fisher Attaway]], became president and publisher. [[Dolph Frantz]], a nephew of  A. J. Frantz, Jr., was the long term city editor of ''The Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scripts.lsus.edu/libarchives/tags.php?tag=5946|title=Shreveport Journal Collection (1921-1990)|publisher=Lsus.edu|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref> A journalism graduate of the [[University of Missouri]], Attaway from 1966 until 1979 was the chairman of the board of KSLA-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate and the first [[television]] outlet in Shreveport, having begun in 1954. Attaway sold KSLA to [[Viacom]]. He was also a former chairman of the board of Newspaper Production Company and the Attaway Newspaper Group, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|author=John Andrew Prime|title=Former Journal publisher dies at age 83|work=Shreveport Times|date=February 22, 1994}}</ref>

In 1974, two years before he sold ''The Journal'' to the Shreveport industrialist and philanthropist Charles T. Beaird, Attaway recruited Stanley R. Tiner from ''The Times'' to become the editor of ''The Journal''. In time, Tiner, who was born in Webster Parish, reared in Shreveport, and a graduate of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, and Beaird, who served a term as a [[Republican]] on the former Caddo Parish Police Jury, moved the editorial position of ''The Journal'' far to the political left, whereas it had been clearly [[conservative]] and earlier [[segregation]]ist under Attaway and a previous editor, George W. Shannon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tiner announces candidacy for post representing District 4|work=Minden Press-Herald (Minden, Louisiana)|date=December 15, 1987|page=10}}</ref>

In 1974, two years before he sold ''The Journal'' to the Shreveport industrialist and philanthropist [[Charles T. Beaird]], Attaway recruited Stanley R. Tiner from ''The Times'' to become the editor of ''The Journal''. In time, Tiner, who was born in Webster Parish, reared in Shreveport, and a graduate of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, and Beaird, who served a term as a [[Republican]] on the former Caddo Parish Police Jury, moved the editorial position of ''The Journal'' far to the political left, whereas it had been clearly [[conservative]] and earlier [[segregation]]ist under Attaway and a previous editor, George W. Shannon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tiner announces candidacy for post representing District 4|work=Minden Press-Herald (Minden, Louisiana)|date=December 15, 1987|page=10}}</ref>

In 1972, Attaway wrote an article on a total eclipse, the phenomenon in which the moon totally blocks out the rays of the sun, which occurred on July 10 of that year. Attaway and his long-term photo editor, [[Jack Barham]], who continued in that position under Beaird, traveled to [[New York City]] to observe the two-minute eclipse, having found their desirable spot of view under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which links [[Brooklyn]] with [[Staten Island]].<ref>.{{cite web|url=http://www.nauticom.net/www/planet/files/EclipseHistory-Shreveport.html|title=Douglas Attaway and Jack Barham, "Eclipse Splendor: Two Minutes of History," July 28, 1972|publisher=nauticom.net|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref>

In 1972, Attaway wrote an article on a total eclipse, the phenomenon in which the moon totally blocks out the rays of the sun, which occurred on July 10 of that year. Attaway and his long-term photo editor, [[Jack Barham]], who continued in that position under Beaird, traveled to [[New York City]] to observe the two-minute eclipse, having found their desirable spot of view under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which links [[Brooklyn]] with [[Staten Island]].<ref>.{{cite web|url=http://www.nauticom.net/www/planet/files/EclipseHistory-Shreveport.html|title=Douglas Attaway and Jack Barham, "Eclipse Splendor: Two Minutes of History," July 28, 1972|publisher=nauticom.net|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref>