Editing Pensacola Journal

[[Image:JournalBuilding.PNG|thumb|right|The [[Journal Building]] at the corner of [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]] and [[DeLuna Street]]s, circa 1906.]]
The '''''Pensacola Journal''''' was a morning newspaper founded in [[1897]] by [[William Marion Loftin]]. The ''Journal'' is one of two precursors to the modern ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''.

==Early years==
The new paper was founded as a weekly, with Loftin as editor.<ref>[https://ssl1.gmti.com/pns/helpdesk/history.shtml "Get to Know Us > History"]</ref> In [[1898]] it became a daily, but foundered until [[Frank L. Mayes]] took over as editor in [[1899]]. In [[1904]], the ''Journal'' became a member of the [[Wikipedia:Associated Press|Associated Press]]. In [[1906]], the ''Journal'' constructed an occupied a [[Journal Building|new plant and office]] at 15 East [[Intendencia Street]].

The ''Journal'' was purchased in [[1922]] by [[John Holliday Perry]], who also purchased the competing ''[[Pensacola Daily News]]'' in [[1924]] and merged the two operations into what is now the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. Morning editions continue to bear the ''Pensacola Journal'' name until [[1985]].

According to an 1899 ''[[Bliss Magazine]]'' "Guide to Pensacola":
<blockquote>There are few homes which is does not enter and business men are consequently finding it an invaluable advertising medium, and those wishing a fine talking bird can depend upon a selection by this gentleman and at a reasonable price.<ref>[[Chas. H. Bliss]]. "Guide to Pensacola and Western Florida," ''The Bliss Magazine''. January 1899.</ref></blockquote>

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 The '''''Pensacola Journal''''' was a morning newspaper founded in [[1897]] by [[William Marion Loftin]]. The ''Journal'' is one of two precursors to the modern ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''.
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 According to an 1899 ''[[Bliss Magazine]]'' "Guide to Pensacola":
 <blockquote>There are few homes which is does not enter and business men are consequently finding it an invaluable advertising medium, and those wishing a fine talking bird can depend upon a selection by this gentleman and at a reasonable price.<ref>[[Chas. H. Bliss]]. "Guide to Pensacola and Western Florida," ''The Bliss Magazine''. January 1899.</ref></blockquote>
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-Image:JournalBuilding.PNG|The [[Journal Building]] at the corner of [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]] and [[DeLuna Street]]s, circa 1906.
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