Lexington Herald-Leader

The Lexington Herald-Leader is a Lexington, Kentucky-based newspaper. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the Herald-Leader, with a circulation of 113,036, was the ninety-second largest daily in the United States and second largest in the state of Kentucky. The newspaper has won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing and the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

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Lexington, Kentucky - Newspaper - United States - Kentucky - 1986 - Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting - 1992 - Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing - 2000 - Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

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Originally Lexington had two newspapers, the Herald in the morning and the Leader in the afternoon. But beginning in the 1980s, they published a Sunday edition together and eventually merged.

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On July 4, 2004, the newspaper, in an effort to apologize for failing to cover the 1960s civil rights movement, published a front-page package of stories and archive photos documenting Lexingtonians involved in the movement. The stories, written by Linda B. Blackford and Linda Minch, received international attention, including a story on the front page of The New York Times.

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July 4 - 2004 - 1960s - Civil rights movement

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