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The '' Fairbanks Daily News-Miner'' is a morning daily newspaper serving the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Denali Borough, and the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the United States state of Alaska. It is the farthest north daily in the United States, and one of the farthest north in the world. The oldest continuously operating daily in Alaska, by circulation it is the second-largest daily in the state. Owned by the family trusts of Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder, founders of the newspaper chain MediaNews Group, it is not considered part of the MediaNews chain. The News-Miner was founded as the ''Weekly Fairbanks News'' in 1903 by George M. Hill and assumed the News-Miner name in 1909, under editor William Fentress Thompson, when Zachary Hickman sold his newspaper, The Miner News to the Fairbanks News. Thompson guided the paper through tough economic times as the gold near Fairbanks was mined out. During this period, the News-Miner absorbed Fairbanks' other newspapers and became the sole publication in Fairbanks. During the 1920s, the News-Miner experimented with aerial delivery to remote mining camps, becoming one of the first newspapers in the world to make regular deliveries by aircraft. After Thompson's death in 1926, former Fairbanks mayor Alfeld Hjalmar Nordale became the paper's editor. In 1929, the News-Miner was purchased by Alaska industrialist Austin E. Lathrop, who operated it under a series of editors until 1950. In that year, the paper was purchased by Charles Willis Snedden, who proceeded on a course of modernization. Under Snedden's leadership, the News-Miner became one of the first papers in Alaska to print in color and survived a fire and the biggest flood in Fairbanks history. The News-Miner has employed several notable Alaskans, including Sen. Bob Bartlett. Its mascot, Sourdough Jack, has been featured on the cover of every daily paper since 1952. The News-Miner has received numerous awards and recognitions during its history, particularly from the Alaska Press Club, which recognizes achievements by Alaska newspapers on an annual basis. ==Overview== The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner is a morning newspaper published daily in the city of Fairbanks in the U.S. state of Alaska. Because Fairbanks is located at a latitude of 64.838 degrees north,〔U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ("August 2008 permits" ) (PDF), Poa.usace.army.mil. Accessed May 13, 2009.〕 the News-Miner offices are located farther north than those of any other daily newspaper in North America.〔University of Alaska Fairbanks. ("Department of Journalism" ), UAF.edu. Retrieved April 18, 2009.〕 The newspaper has a daily circulation of between 14,000 and 18,000 copies (sources vary),〔Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association. ("Newspaper members" ), PNNA.com. Retrieved April 7, 2009.〕〔Mondo Newspapers. ("Alaska Newspapers, listed by city" ), Mondonewspapers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2009.〕 and a Sunday circulation of about 18,000.〔McMeekin, Tara. "(Alaska daily beefing up digital foundation with Agfa )", ''The International Journal of Newspapers and Technology''. October 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2009.〕 Overall readership statistics are somewhat higher. The News-Miner operates a Web site, Newsminer.com,〔Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ), newsminer.com. Retrieved April 18, 2009.〕 which records roughly 250,000 unique visitors per year, according to Alexa.〔Alexa. ("Fairbanks Daily News-Miner" ), Alexa.com. Retrieved April 15, 2009.〕 The News-Miner's circulation area encompasses about in central and northern Alaska. The circulation area includes the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, the northern portion of the Denali Borough, and portions of the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. Major settlements in the circulation area include the city of Fairbanks and the towns of North Pole, Delta Junction, Healy, Fort Yukon, and Tok.〔Knight Foundation. ("Demographics of ZIP Codes where sales were reported by Fairbanks Daily News-Miner" ), Powerreporting.com. June 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2009.〕 There are no other daily newspapers in the News-Miner's circulation area, but Fairbanks and southern portions of the Denali Borough are secondary circulation areas for the Anchorage Daily News, a daily newspaper based south, in Anchorage.〔The McClatchy Company. ("Anchorage Daily News" ), Mcclatchy.com. Retrieved April 19, 2009.〕 The paper's coverage centers on local news with moderate reporting on state issues that affect Fairbanks and the surrounding area. Local sports, particularly the Fairbanks Grizzlies (Indoor Football League), the Alaska Goldpanners (Alaska Baseball League), Fairbanks Ice Dogs (North American Hockey League), and the various sports teams of the University of Alaska Fairbanks are covered regularly by the newspaper.〔Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Sports ), newsminer.com. Retrieved April 19, 2009.〕 The News-Miner also maintains a bureau in Washington, D.C. that focuses on the actions of Alaska delegates to the United States Congress. The News-Miner produces several specialty publications in addition to the regular paper. Two publications: ''Latitude 65'', a weekly arts supplement released on Friday; and ''Sundays'', a feature reporting section published on Sundays; also are produced by newspaper staff. Several annual publications — a visitors' guide, winter survival guide, and others — also are released by the newspaper on a regular basis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fairbanks Daily News-Miner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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