James D. Ewing

James D. Ewing (January 14, 1917 – January 21, 2002

In 1981, Ewing was selected to be a nominating judge for Pulitzer Prizes in journalism. Ewing was inducted into the Newspaper Hall of Fame by the New England Newspaper & Press Association, recognized for his outstanding professionalism and accomplishments.

Education James Dennis Ewing was born on January 14, 1917, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents were Oscar R. Ewing and Helen (Dennis) Ewing. He attended preparatory school at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and graduated from Princeton University in 1938. Ewing went on to attend Harvard Law School for one year.

Ewing had previously been denied enlistment into the Navy due to his eyesight but was accepted on his second attempt and assigned to labor relations in Detroit. There, he and his wife met Russell H. Peters, a journalist who had worked with the Omaha Daily Bee and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Ewings became sole owners of the Bangor Commercial after Peters sold his interest to them in 1952. However, in January 1954 the operation was shuttered due to financial losses; publication of the Bangor Sunday Commercial lasted from 1953 to 1954.

Shortly afterwards, the Ewings met Walter Paine, and in October 1954, from the family of John Prentiss, who had recently died. In 1956 the Ewings and Paine purchased the Valley News in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and five years later they purchased the Argus-Champion in New London, New Hampshire. In 1961, Ewing received an Honorable Mention in the Svellon Brown Awards, the award recognizes an individual for producing journalism of distinction.

The Ewings sold their interest in the Valley News in 1980 and took over full ownership of the Sentinel; In 1981 they sold their interest in the Argus-Champion. Brewster, himself, cited Ewing as a significant contributor to his defeat. In an interview, Kay Cutler, a good friend of the Ewings, referred to the defeat as the Bangor Daily Commercial's "shining hour". Time magazine described the Commercial as "an independent, liberal voice in the conservative woods of Maine journalism." New Hampshire Award from the New Hampshire Press Association New England Newspaper Hall of Fame, New England Newspaper and Press Association, James D. Ewing, The Keene Sentinel

Philanthropic works The James D. Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism, at Duke University, endowed by Ewing Co-founder, International Center for Journalists New Hampshire Humanities Council, founded in 1973