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| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Voice Media Group |
| Editor | Patrick Williams[1] |
| News editor | Kelly Dearmore[1] |
| Founded | October 2, 1980 (44 years ago) (1980-10-02) |
| Headquarters | 2030 Main Street, Suite 410 |
| City | Dallas,Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 43,810 (as of June 2016)[2] |
| ISSN | 0732-0299 |
| OCLC number | 7095491 |
| Website | www |
Dallas Observer is a free digital and print publication based inDallas, Texas.[3] TheObserver publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circulates every Thursday. TheObserver has been owned by Voice Media Group since January 2013.
TheObserver is a member of theAssociation of Alternative Newsmedia. It has won dozens of national and regional awards for its journalism, including two first places for longtime columnist Jim Schutze in the 2017 AAN Awards.[4] In 1995, the H.L. Mencken Writing Award went to columnistLaura Miller, who went on to become themayor of Dallas after leaving theObserver.[5] In 2007, twoObserver reporters, Jesse Hyde and Megan Feldman, were named finalists in the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.
The Observer was started in October 1980 by partners Ken Kirk, Bob Walton, Jeff Wilmont, and Gregg Wurdeman as a weekly local arts and cinema review publication. In 1991, theObserver was bought byNew Times Media.[6] In 2005, New Times both acquired and adopted the corporate name ofVillage Voice Media.[7] In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formedVoice Media Group.[8][9]
COLUMN circulation 45,000 & over | 1st PLACE: Dallas Observer: Jim Schutze
