The Indianapolis Star
The Indianapolis Star (also known as IndyStar) is a morning daily newspaper that began publishing on June 6, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It has been the only major daily paper in the city since 1999, when the Indianapolis News ceased publication. It won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2021 and the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting twice, in 1975 and 1991. It is currently owned by Gannett.[3]
Type
Daily newspaper
Bro Krift
June 6, 1903
130 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46225
United States
Pulitzer Prizes[edit]
The Star has won the Pulitzer Prize once for national reporting and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, the Star was honored for its 1974 series on corruption within the Indianapolis Police Department. It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series on medical malpractice.[10] In 2021, the Star was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for an investigation into attacks by police K-9 units.[11]
Production facilities[edit]
The Indianapolis Star at one time had the largest and most advanced printing presses in the nation.[12] The Pulliam Production Center at 8278 N. Georgetown Road on the northwest side of Indianapolis cost $72 million and covers 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2).[13] It opened in November 1995 as a packaging center and started printing numerous newspapers including Indianapolis Star in 2001.[14] The press hall that houses the four MAN Roland Geoman presses has 30,672 square feet (2,850 m2) on two levels. Each of the presses weighs 2,100 short tons (1,900 t), stands seven stories tall, and can print 75,000 papers an hour.[13]
In January 2023, Gannet laid off 50 employees at the Pulliam Production Center. At the time the facility employed 145 people.[15] A year later Gannet announced the center would close April 9 and printing of the Indianapolis Star will move to the company's press site in Peoria, Illinois.[14]
Part of the newspaper's masthead displays the text of 2 Corinthians 3:17: "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
Monday through Saturday
The Sunday Star