,_Vol._8,_No._45,_Ed._1_Saturday,_July_24,_1858_-_DPLA_-_51c683d1edf8bbb6fe82f9ee3a09ffdf_(page_1).jpg) The Huntsville Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1858 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. |
| Publisher | Lange Svehlak |
| Editor | Brenda Poe |
| Founded | 1850 |
| Headquarters | 1409 Tenth Street Huntsville, Texas 77342 United States |
| Circulation | 1,313 (as of 2023)[1] |
| ISSN | 0888-4145 |
| Website | itemonline.com |
The Huntsville Item is a five-day morning daily newspaper published in Huntsville, Texas, covering Walker County in East Texas. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
The Item's presses also print two college newspapers, The Battalion of Texas A&M University, and The Houstonian of Sam Houston State University.[2]
Being located in Huntsville, the location of Texas' execution chamber, The Item is one of two news organizations that (by order of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) has a reserved spot to report on executions held in Texas (the Associated Press is the other).[3] The Huntsville Item is the only newspaper that reports on all executions in Texas regardless of the county of conviction.[4]
- ^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
aboutwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Executive Directive on News Media Relations." (Archive) Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on March 16, 2014. "C. A representative from the Associated Press (AP) and a representative from the Huntsville Item are guaranteed an opportunity to witness each execution."
- ^ Pérez-Peña, Richard (October 21, 2009). "One Reporter's Lonely Beat, Witnessing Executions". The New York Times. nytimes.com. pp. A1. Retrieved October 22, 2009.