The San Diego Union-Tribune

Infobox Newspaper
name = The San Diego Union-Tribune


caption = The December 15, 2005 front page of
"The San Diego Union-Tribune"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1868 (as "The San Diego Union")
owners = Copley Press
headquarters = 350 Camino de la Reina
San Diego, California 92108
USA
editor = Karin Winner
circulation = 296,331 Daily
378,696 Sunday [cite web | title=2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=Burrelles"Luce" |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-05-28 |date=2007-03-31]
ISSN =
website = [http://www.signonsandiego.com SignOnSanDiego.com]

"The San Diego Union-Tribune" is a daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, by the Copley Press. The result of a February 2, 1992, merger of "The San Diego Union", founded October 10, 1868, and the "Evening Tribune", founded December 2, 1895, it refers to itself as the oldest business in San Diego County and the second-oldest newspaper in Southern California. The website Signonsandiego.com republishes much of the "Union-Tribune"'s content as well as publishing its own material. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/sosd_faq.html SignOnSanDiego.com > Frequently Asked Questions ] ]

Pulitzer Prizes

* 2006 National Reporting: The San Diego "Union-Tribune" and Copley News Service (with notable work by Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer), for their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison "in disgrace". [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060418-9999-1n18pulitzer.html "U-T, Copley News win Pulitzer Prize", The San Diego "Union-Tribune", 2006-04-18 by Jeff McDonald] ] [ [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/national-reporting/ 2006 Pulitzer Prize National Reporting] ] They also received the George Polk Award [cite web |url=http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/press/2005.html|title=George Polk Awards for Journalism press release|accessmonthday=November 15 |accessyear=2006 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Long Island University |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=] for these stories.
* 1987 Commentary: San Diego "Evening Tribune" editorial writer Jonathan Freedman for his editorials urging passage of the first major immigration reform act in 34 years [ [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1544,26 The Pulitzer Prizes for 1987 ] ]
* 1979 Breaking News Reporting: San Diego "Evening Tribune" for its coverage of the PSA Flight 182 jetliner collision with a small plane over North Park [ [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1367,26 The Pulitzer Prizes for 1979 ] ]

Publishers

* W. Jeff Gatewood, founder October 10, 1868
* Edward W. Bushyhead, 1868–1873 with various partners
* Douglas Gunn, 1871–1886
* John D. Spreckels, 1890–1926
* Col. Ira C. Copley, 1928–1947
* James S. Copley, 1947–1973
* Helen K. Copley, 1973–2001
* David C. Copley, 2001–present day

References

External links

* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/ "The San Diego Union-Tribune" website]
* [http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/5-3.htm Early newspaper history from "History of San Diego"] by William E. Smythe (1907–09)
* [http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/bushyhead/bushyhead.htm Edward Wilkerson "Ned" Bushyhead biography (San Diego Historical Society)]