Manitoulin Expositor
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Manitoulin Publishing Company Ltd |
| Founder(s) | William Loe Smith |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | 1 Manitowaning Road
Little Current, Ontario P0P 1K0 |
| Website | https://www.manitoulin.com/ |
The Manitoulin Expositor is a Canadian weekly newspaper, published in Little Current, Ontario to serve residents of Manitoulin Island.[1]
History
[edit]Launched in 1879 by editor William Loe Smith, it is the oldest still-extant newspaper in the Northern Ontario region.[2]
The paper is nationally most noted for winning the Michener Award for public service journalism in 1982, for its investigation into the high local suicide rate.[3] The investigation led to the launch of a community-operated suicide prevention hotline.[4]
The paper was acquired in 1970 by Rick McCutcheon, who had joined the paper as an editor in 1968.[4] He remains the paper's owner and publisher emeritus today, although he is semi-retired and day to day operations as editor and publisher are now handled by his daughter Alicia McCutcheon.[5] In 2020, Rick McCutcheon was inducted into the Ontario Community Newspapers Association's Hall of Fame.[6]
In 2001, the paper acquired the formerly competing Manitoulin West Recorder in Gore Bay.[2] Both titles are still in operation as of 2020.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Jim Moodie, "Looking back fondly on days at the Expositor". Sudbury Star, August 10, 1999.
- ^ a b Jim Moodie, "The island's two weekly papers become one". Sudbury Star, March 20, 2001.
- ^ "Suicide articles win award for Manitoulin Expositor". Winnipeg Free Press, November 14, 1983.
- ^ a b Rudy Platiel, "Tragic honor: Editor risked exploitation charge to sound suicide alarm". The Globe and Mail, March 26, 1984.
- ^ a b Bob Chiarito, "As community papers struggle, one island news outlet thrives by sticking to shoe-leather tactics". Gateway Journalism Review, October 8, 2019.
- ^ "Rick McCutcheon inducted into newspaper hall of fame". Manitoulin Expositor, May 20, 2020.