Tabloid journalism Tabloid journalism Tabloid journalism is a style of journalism that emphasizes sensational crime stories, gossip columns about celebrities and sports stars, extreme political views from one perspective, junk food news, and astrology. Although it is associated with tabloid-size newspapers, not all newspapers associated with tabloid journalism are tabloid size, and not all tabloid-size newspapers engage in tabloid journalism; in particular, since about 2000 many broadsheet newspapers converted to the more compact tabloid format. Tabloid journalism often concerns itself with rumors about the private lives of celebrities. In some cases, celebrities have successfully sued for libel, demonstrating that tabloid stories have
The Clarion-Ledger and the paper had one of the few black managing editors in the U.S. Ronnie Agnew became the Managing Editor in February 2001. In October 2002, he became the paper's first black Executive Editor. In 1983, "The Clarion-Ledger" won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a package of stories on Mississippi's education system. The Clarion-Ledger The Clarion-Ledger is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second oldest company in the state of Mississippi and is one of only a few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. (Note: For several years, there has