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| name=Douglas Fisher "Doug"<br> Attaway<br>
| name=Douglas Fisher "Doug"<br> Attaway<br>
(Publisher of ''The Shreveport Journal'', 1957-1976)
(Publisher of ''The Shreveport Journal'', 1957-1976)
| birth_date=September 10, 1910
| birth_date=September 10, 1910
| birth_place= [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], US
| birth_place= [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], US
Douglas Attaway<br>
Douglas Attaway<br>
Bessie Fisher Attaway
Bessie Fisher Attaway
| religion =[[Southern Baptist]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[Clifton Ellis Byrd High School]]<br> (Shreveport)
[[University of Missouri]] (Columbia)
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==Journalism career==
==Journalism career==
Born in Shreveport to ''The Journal'' publisher [[Douglas Attaway]], and the former Bessie Fisher (1884–1967), Attaway graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and held degrees in journalism and business from the [[University of Missouri]] at Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1934, he joined ''The Journal'' staff as an advertising proof runner. He became an ad salesman, assistant bookkeeper, reporter, and then in December 1941 the managing editor,<ref name=bio>John Andrew Prime, "Former Journal publisher dies at age 83", ''The Shreveport Times'', February 22, 1994.</ref> a position which he held until his father's death in 1957. Then Attaway followed his father as the president and publisher of ''The Journal'' and remained at the helm until the paper was sold in 1976 to the industrial and philanthropist Charles Thomas Beaird. (1922-2006).<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>
Born in Shreveport to ''The Journal'' publisher [[Douglas Attaway]], and the former Bessie Fisher (1884–1967), Attaway graduated from [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport and held degrees in journalism and business from the [[University of Missouri]] at Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1934, he joined ''The Journal'' staff as an advertising proof runner. He became an ad salesman, assistant bookkeeper, reporter, and then in December 1941 the managing editor,<ref name=bio>John Andrew Prime, "Former Journal publisher dies at age 83", ''The Shreveport Times'', February 22, 1994.</ref> a position which he held until his father's death in 1957. Then Attaway followed his father as the president and publisher of ''The Journal'' and remained at the helm until the paper was sold in 1976 to the industrial and philanthropist Charles Thomas Beaird. (1922-2006).<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>
From 1953 to 1971, the [[conservative]] journalist George Washington Shannon (1914-1998) was the editor of ''The Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Shannon&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53533197&df=all&|title=George Washington Shannon|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>
From 1953 to 1971, the [[conservative]] journalist George Washington Shannon (1914-1998) was the editor of ''The Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Shannon&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53533197&df=all&|title=George Washington Shannon|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>