Surprise! Yes, we’re still the Orlando Sentinel but for today we’ve changed our nameplate to Orange County Reporter to celebrate our 150th birthday.
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The Sentinel traces its lineage to the Reporter, Orlando’s first newspaper. It was on June 6, 1876, that editor Rufus Russell produced Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Orange County Reporter on his hand-operated press and introduced it to the 200 or so hardy settlers of Orlando.
The Reporter and two other Orlando newspapers – the South Florida Sentinel and the Orlando Star – were part of the mergers and consolidations that created today’s Orlando Sentinel. The name “Reporter” was discontinued in 1946, so it’s been 80 years since it sat atop the front page of an Orlando newspaper. We thought a brief revival of the historic title was an appropriate way to commemorate our sesquicentennial today.
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Coming in Sunday’s newspaper
We’re celebrating our big birthday with a present for you: A 56-page special section looking back at 150 years of history for the Orlando Sentinel and Central Florida.
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