{{Short description|Lincolnshire newspaper}} {{italic title}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2014}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} The '''''Lincoln Chronicle''''' was a weekly newspaper which served Lincoln and parts of Lincolnshire, England in various guises between 1833 and 2007. The ''Chronicle'' had an associated website, ''Lincoln Today'', which is now defunct.
==History== The paper was launched in 1833 as ''The Lincolnshire Chronicle and General Advertiser''. During the 20th century, it was produced in a variety of localised editions. Between 1985 and 1987, as the ''Lincoln Chronicle'', it was given away free in copies of the ''Lincoln Standard''. It replaced the Standard when the latter closed in January 1987.<ref>[http://newsplan.liem.org.uk/details.asp?pid={9E8AF3AD-E9BE-4264-9BEC-8F1BABDC2313}&lid=na Lincolnshire Chronicle and General Advertiser], Newsplan</ref>
The title was one of those acquired by Johnston Press from Southnews in May 2000. Johnston decided to close the title early in 2007, apparently because it could not attract enough advertising revenue to cover costs. At the time, more than 42,000 free copies were distributed every Thursday.<ref>[http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2007/02feb/070221lin.shtml] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202174230/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2007/02feb/070221lin.shtml |date=2 December 2008 }}</ref>
==Notable members of staff== * Mike Maloney: Photographer who went on to work for ''The People''. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/photo/2001/03mar/010313mike.shtml |accessdate=12 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704192052/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/photo/2001/03mar/010313mike.shtml |archivedate=4 July 2008 |title=Journalism jobs and news from Holdthefrontpage.co.uk }}</ref> Maloney was the Group Chief Photographer for ''Trinity Mirror'' when he left the staff in 2002. He was awarded the OBE for services to photo-journalism in 2005, becoming the only "Fleet Street" photo-journalist ever to receive the award. * Frank Palmer: Began his career at the ''Chronicle'' in the 1950s before making his name at the ''Daily Express'' and the ''Daily Mirror''. He was the first journalist to interview Sir Matt Busby after the Munich air disaster.<ref>[http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2000/06june/000603fp.shtml] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217182717/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2000/06june/000603fp.shtml |date=17 December 2004 }}</ref>
==See also== * ''Lincolnshire Echo''
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