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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>  

==Notable staffers==

==Notable staffers==