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Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning News is Texas' leading newspaper and the flagship newspaper subsidiary of DallasNews Corporation. It has received nine Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as numerous other industry awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and feature journalism, design, and photojournalism.

Welcome to the official Patch LinkedIn page! Patch is a network of hyperlocal websites covering community news in 1,200+ towns across America. Patch is everything local. Anchored by our award-winning journalism, we are the only major platform providing hyperlocal news and information to hyperlocal audiences. Known as “The Patch” in its towns, Patch strengthens communities and community organizations. As a business, we strive to make local news a sustainable enterprise so we can do more of it.

The Fort Worth Star was founded in 1906 and merged with the Fort Worth Telegram in 1909 to become the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. McClatchy acquired the newspaper in 2006 with its acquisition of Knight Ridder. The newspaper bears a rich and colorful legacy tied to the Old West. Its founding publisher, Amon G. Carter Sr., was a renowned booster of Fort Worth and West Texas