Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Forum Communications
Publisher	Mike Jacobs
Editor	Mike Jacobs
Founded	1879
Political allegiance	Liberal editorial
Headquarters	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Website: www.grandforksherald.com

The Grand Forks Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper, begun in 1879, printed in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo North Dakota. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the US state of North Dakota and the County seat of Grand Forks County. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the US state of North Dakota and the County seat of Grand Forks County. It is the primary daily paper for northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Its average daily circulation is 34,763 on Sundays and 31,524 on weekdays. It has the second largest circulation in the state of North Dakota.

Pulitzer Prize

The remains of the former Herald building after it was destroyed by fire and floodwater

The paper won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the 1997 flood but the prize was bittersweet, as the Herald building had not only been inundated but, ironically, burned to the ground in the midst of the floodwaters. The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic The Red River Flood of 1997 in the United States was a major Flood that occurred in April 1997 along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Despite losing its offices during the flood, the Herald never missed a day of publication. Temporary offices were set up at the University of North Dakota and at a nearby elementary school. The University of North Dakota ( UND) is a Public university in Grand Forks North Dakota, USA. Papers were distributed free of charge to flood "refugees" in neighboring towns.

Following the flood, the newspaper rebuilt its office building in downtown Grand Forks. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge Downtown Grand Forks is the original commercial center of Grand Forks North Dakota. Its distinctive features are a tall clock tower and the symbolism built into the structure, as well as parts of the old building that survived the fire. A new printing facility was also built in an industrial park in the western part of Grand Forks. An industrial estate is an area of land set aside for industrial development.

Corporate ownership

Knight Ridder, the owner of the Herald, was sold to The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006. For the unrelated television series see Knight Rider. For other articles see Knight Rider (disambiguation Knight Ridder The McClatchy Company is an American Publishing company based in Sacramento California, that operates a number of Newspapers and Websites McClatchy had already arranged the sale of the Herald to Forum Communications, owner of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks. Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo North Dakota. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, previously titled the Fargo Forum, is a daily Newspaper printed in Fargo North Dakota owned by WDAZ-TV, channel 8 is an ABC affiliate located in Grand Forks North Dakota.

Newsroom

Editors

The clock tower of the Herald building in downtown Grand Forks

• Mike Jacobs (Editor)
• Kevin Grinde (Managing editor)
• Matt Cory (Night editor)
• Mike Brue (Projects editor)
• Jaime DeLage (City editor)
• Janelle Vonasek (Design editor)
• Kirsten Stromsodt (News editor)
• John Stennes (Photo editor)
• Kevin Fee (Sports editor)
• Tom Dutcher (Web editor)
• Kim Deats (Agweek editor)

Former personnel

• Stuart McDonald (Editorial cartoonist, 1961-1967)

External links

• Grand Forks Herald website
• Stuart McDonald Cartoon Collection Digitized cartoons of Stuart McDonald, editorial cartoonist of the Grand Forks Herald from 1961-1967