The Reporter (1935–1937)

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- The Reporter was a weekly Black-owned newspaper in New York City, published from October 11, 1935, to April 10, 1937.
- It was published by the Newspaper Guild of New York for the editorial workers of the Amsterdam News during a 1935 strike—the first strike at a Black-owned newspaper.
- In 1935, 15 Amsterdam News editors tried to form a local unit of the American Newspaper Guild. The newspaper’s owners locked out most editors, leading to picketing and calls for a boycott.
- The Reporter was started a few days later by the striking workers and the Guild.
- Most issues were two pages: one page with strike news, and the other page declared in large letters, “DON’T BUY AMSTERDAM NEWS.”
- It was published from the Dumas Hotel on West 135th Street, in an office set up by the Guild for the striking workers.
- The last issue during the strike was December 12, 1935. The strike ended on December 24, 1935, after eleven weeks, with the workers rehired and given a 10% pay raise.
- The Reporter stopped publishing after the strike because the writers and editors returned to work at the Amsterdam News.
- A second volume appeared in 1937 to deny segregationist policies by the Guild and to deny accusations that the union tried to seize control of the Amsterdam News.
- No issues were published after 1937.