The Free Press is an award winning daily newspaper based in Kinston, North Carolina

Kinston, North Carolina

Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,688 at the 2000 census. The population was estimated at 22,360 in 2008. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791 . Kinston is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks...

. It has served the city of Kinston and Lenoir County, North Carolina since 1882. The Free Press is published by Irvine, California

Irvine, California

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-based Freedom Communications

Freedom Communications

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It was a broadsheet

Broadsheet

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-format daily until June 1, 2009, when it and two sister dailies, the New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern, North Carolina

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 Sun Journal and the Jacksonville, North Carolina

Jacksonville, North Carolina

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 Daily News

Jacksonville Daily News

The Daily News is an award winning newspaper daily newspaper in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It has served the city of Jacksonville, Onslow County and its surrounding areas since 1953...

converted to a berliner

Berliner (format)

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-style format. Since the format change all three papers are laid out and are published in Jacksonville.

Staff

Publisher and Editor – Patrick Holmes

Managing Editor – Bryan Hanks

Assistant Managing Editor – Nancy Saunders

Circulation Director – Jim Register

Advertising Director – Billy Moore

Sports Editor – Ryan Herman

Photographers – Charles Buchanan, Janet S. Carter

Reporters – David Anderson, Wesley Brown, Jane Moon, David Hall, Justin Hill

Columnist – Jon Dawson

External links

• electronic edition of the Kinston Free Press.