The Monitor (Texas)

The Monitor GTLO
July 27, 2005
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)AIM Media Texas
PublisherStephan T. Wingert
EditorStephan T. Wingert
Founded1909
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters1400 E. Nolana Loop
McAllen, TX 78504
United States
Circulation13,607 (as of 2023)[1]
OCLC number14375474
Websitemyrgv.com/category/the-monitor/

The Monitor is a newspaper in McAllen, Texas that covers Starr and Hidalgo counties. It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom papers in Texas were sold to AIM Media Texas.[2]

The Monitor's Spanish-language sister paper, La Frontera, shut down in 2009.[3] It shares content with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald. Both are also owned by AIM Media Texas.

Both its former publisher, M. Olaf Frandsen, and its former editor-in-chief, Steve Fagan, have worked at Pulitzer-winning newspapers. Frandsen was editor-in-chief of the Odessa American in 1988 when the paper won the Pulitzer for spot news photography. Frandsen now is editor and publisher of the Salina, KS, Journal, a member of Harris Enterprises Inc.[4]

In 2017 The Monitor partnered with Quartz to report on the issues of climate change in McAllen and Reynosa. The project was funded by a grant from The Center for Cooperative Media.[5]

In 2021 The Monitor merged online with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald.[6]

References

  1. ^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ "AIM Media Texas, LLC acquires Texas newspapers". www.oaoa.com.
  3. ^ "Spanish language La Frontera ceases publication". KWTX. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  4. ^ "The Pulitzer Prize Awards". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  5. ^ Mădălina Ciobanu (15 September 2017). "Quartz is partnering with a local newspaper in Texas to investigate the effects of climate change". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ "MyRGV.com | The Monitor | Valley Morning Star | Brownsville Herald".


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