Brooklyn Eagle

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The Brooklyn Eagle
Type	Daily
Format	Tabloid

Owner
Founded	October 26, 1841
Language	English
Ceased publication	March 16, 1955
Headquarters	Brooklyn

Website: Brooklyn Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle, also called The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, was a daily newspaper published in Brooklyn, New York from October 26, 1841 to March 16, 1955. It was the most popular afternoon paper in the United States at one point. Walt Whitman was its editor for two years. During the American Civil War it supported the Democratic Party; as such, its mailing privileges were revoked due to a forged letter supposedly sent by President Lincoln. The Eagle played an important role in shaping Brooklyn's civic identity, even after the once-independent city became part of the City of Greater New York in 1898. Among the Eagle’s editors were Walt Whitman, Thomas Kinsella, St. Clair McKelway, Cleveland Rogers, Frank D. Schroth, and Charles Montgomery Skinner. The original Eagle ceased publication following a prolonged strike by the Newspaper Guild. The paper was briefly revived from 1960 to 1963.

The Brooklyn Public Library maintains an online archive of the Eagle through 1902.

1 Executive editors
2 New publication under Eagle moniker
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Executive editors

[edit] New publication under Eagle moniker

Currently, there is a newspaper published weekdays also called The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which has been published since 1996. It is a merger of The Brooklyn Daily Bulletin, which began publishing when the original Eagle folded in 1955. As an homage to the original Eagle it publishes a daily feature called On This Day in History, made up of much material from the original Eagle. It is currently published by J. Dozier Hasty under the auspices of "Everything Brooklyn Media." The Eagle editorial staff has grown to include 25 full-time reporters, writers and photographers. Thus, it has seen an increase in original, locally geared news stories and spot news photographs.

Its coverage has grown to include the Bay Ridge section, where a weekly version of the paper, "The Bay Ridge Eagle," is published.

Its mascot is "Eddie the Eagle."