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'''Robert Wilson Ewing, I''', also known as '''Colonel Ewing''' (September 27, 1859 &ndash; April 27, 1931), was a prominent [[newspaper]] [[journalist]], editor, and [[publisher]] and political figure, primarily in [[Louisiana]], in the last two decades of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century.<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - E - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref>

'''Robert Wilson Ewing, I''', also known as '''Colonel Ewing''' (September 27, 1859 &ndash; April 27, 1931), was a prominent [[newspaper]] [[journalist]], editor, and [[publisher]] and political figure, primarily in [[Louisiana]], in the last two decades of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century.<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - E - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref>

Ewing was born in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], to James Lindsay Ewing, a [[cotton]] merchant, and the former Martha Hunter. At the age of thirteen, he was a messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company. At seventeen, he was a telegrapher for the [[Associated Press]]. In 1879, he helped establish and managed the Mobile division of the Union Telegraph Company.  After he joined a strike of the Order of Telegraphers [[labor union|union]], Ewing was [[blacklisted]] in Mobile. He therefore relocated to [[New Orleans]], where he managed the former ''Morning Chronicle,'' a journal owned by the [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Henry J. Hearsey (1810-1900), who also published the ''New Orleans Daily States.''<ref name=dict/>

Ewing was born in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], to James Lindsay Ewing, a [[cotton]] merchant, and the former Martha Hunter. At the age of thirteen, he was a messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company. At seventeen, he was a telegrapher for the [[Associated Press]]. In 1879, he helped establish and managed the Mobile division of the Union Telegraph Company.  After he joined a strike of the Order of Telegraphers [[labor union|union]], Ewing was blacklisted (now known as the "Cancel Culture") in Mobile. He therefore relocated to [[New Orleans]], where he managed the former ''Morning Chronicle,'' a journal owned by the [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Henry J. Hearsey (1810-1900), who also published the ''New Orleans Daily States.''<ref name=dict/>

In 1888, Ewing became affiliated with the reform, anti-machine faction of city politics. He served in the administration of New Orleans [[Mayor]] Joseph Ansoategui Shakespeare (1837-1896)<ref>Administrations of the Mayor's of New Orleans: Shakespeare (nutrias.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref> as an innovative city electrician and superintendent of the police telegraphy and fire-alarm systems. He also served for a time as the New Orleans [[municipal]] tax collector. Under Hearsey's tutelage, Ewing was also telegraph editor, circulation and business manager, and editor and proprietor of the ''Daily States,'' later the defunct ''States-Item.'' He was furthermore nationally prominent in the AP, having served two terms as vice president of the organization.<ref name=dict/>

In 1888, Ewing became affiliated with the reform, anti-machine faction of city politics. He served in the administration of New Orleans [[Mayor]] Joseph Ansoategui Shakespeare (1837-1896)<ref>Administrations of the Mayor's of New Orleans: Shakespeare (nutrias.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref> as an innovative city electrician and superintendent of the police telegraphy and fire-alarm systems. He also served for a time as the New Orleans municipal tax collector. Under Hearsey's tutelage, Ewing was also telegraph editor, circulation and business manager, and editor and proprietor of the ''Daily States,'' later the defunct ''States-Item.'' He was furthermore nationally prominent in the AP, having served two terms as vice president of the organization.<ref name=dict/>

In 1908,  while still the publisher of the defunct ''Daily States,'' Ewing purchased the still operating ''Shreveport Times.'' In the latter 1920s, he bought the two newspapers in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: the defunct ''Morning World'' and the remaining ''[[Monroe News Star]],''<ref name=dict/> since switched to morning publication. He was hence among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana journalism community.

In 1908,  while still the publisher of the defunct ''Daily States,'' Ewing purchased the still operating ''Shreveport Times.'' In the latter 1920s, he bought the two newspapers in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: the defunct ''Morning World'' and the remaining ''[[Monroe News Star]],''<ref name=dict/> since switched to morning publication. He was hence among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana journalism community.