The Gallatin News Examiner
American newspaper
The Gallatin News Examiner is an American newspaper published in Gallatin, Tennessee. It is now owned by the media company USA Today Co. and is published as part of the Tennessean newspaper. Gallatin News Examiner was published daily online and in print on Fridays until 2017; now Sumner/Gallatin stories are published through the Tennessean's website and twice-weekly in print. The paper is a member of the Tennessee Press Association. Its editor was Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, who became editor of the paper in 2015. In 2017, Amy Nixon was named editor of the digital and social presence of the Gallatin News Examiner.
History
Colonel Thomas Boyers established the Gallatin Examiner in August 1859. Col. Boyers went on to become the first (organizing) president of the Tennessee Press Association.
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