Winston-Salem Chronicle

The Winston-Salem Chronicle is a weekly newspaper that targets the African-American community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[2]

Winston-Salem Chronicle

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	The Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co.
Founder(s)	Ernie Pitt and Joseph N. C. Egemonye
Founded	1974
Language	English
Circulation	7,000 (as of 2017)[1]
OCLC number	12156348
Website	wschronicle.com

History

Ernie Pitt was unable to get his student investigation published in a local newspaper, so he decided to start his own paper.^[3] Pitt & Joseph N. C. Egemonye founded the Chronicle in 1974. Its office was on North Liberty Street.^[4] Pitt made a vow to include news of the African-American community that other news media did not consider worth covering. He told the truth, whether it was good news or not. He also hired Black journalists when other papers did not.^[3] The Chronicle won numerous awards including the John Russwurm Award as best Black newspaper in the United States.^[5]

Derwin Montgomery and James Taylor, the managing directors of Chronicle Media Group LLC, said March 27, 2017 that their company was buying The Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. by May 2017. Taylor became publisher at that time.^[4][6] The Chronicle moved to a former Bank of America branch on East Fifth Street on October 1, 2017.^[7]