The Bainbridge Island Review is a weekly newspaper distributed in Bainbridge Island, Washington. The Review is primarily focused on Bainbridge Island and its surrounding communities.
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sound Publishing |
| Editor | Steven Powell[1] |
| Staff writers | Tyler Shuey, Nancy Treder |
| Circulation | 1,778 (as of 2023)[2] |
| ISSN | 1053-2889 |
| OCLC number | 18928542 |
| Website | bainbridgereview |
Ownership history edit
The Review was owned by Walter Woodward, along with the North Kitsap News, from about 1940 to 1962, when former Albany Democrat-Herald editor David Averill purchased them both. Woodward was to remain as editor of the Review; the News was to be discontinued.[3] Verda Averill sold the Herald and the Review, as well as the Kitsap Advertiser, to Black Press in 1988, which owned seven U.S. papers and 24 Canadian papers at the time.[4]
The Woodwards and Japanese internment edit
The Woodwards purchased the Review in 1940. Woodward and his wife, Mildred Woodward, reported on the Japanese internment as it transpired, and were among the few who publicly opposed it, as well as the only English-language newspaper on the West Coast to openly criticize it.[5][6][7][8] Woodward and his wife warned about "the danger of a blind, wild hysterical hatred of all persons who can trace ancestry to Japan", the day after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[9] Bainbridge islanders of Japanese ancestry were the first in the United States to be relocated to internment camps. On Bainbridge Island alone, 227 Japanese civilians were incarcerated without charge.[10] The Woodwards continued advocating for members of the community, and hired several as correspondents.[11] These correspondents reported on camp events for publication in the Review.
Woodward died in 2001, at the age of 91.[12] Shortly after his death, the Asian American Journalists Association posthumously awarded him and his wife with a Special Recognition Award for their work during World War 2 and the internment.[13][14]
A Bainbridge Island school, Woodward Middle School, is named in honor of Milly Woodward.
References edit
- ^ "Bainbridge Island Review newspaper in Bainbridge Island Washington - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023" (PDF). soundpublishing.com. 2023-04-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "Weekly Sales". Editor and Publisher. November 24, 1962.
- ^ "Ownership Changes". Editor and Publisher. Duncan McIntosh. 1988-10-08. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Journalist Walt Woodward dies at age 91". Bainbridge Island Review. 2001-03-13. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ "Woodward, Walter (1910-2001)". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "A1 Revisited: The Seattle Times' coverage of the 1942 removal of 227 Bainbridge residents left a harmful legacy". The Seattle Times. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
On the other end of the spectrum was the response of Walt and Milly Woodward, the owners and publishers of the Bainbridge Island Review, one of the few publications to stand up to Executive Order 9066 at the time. In addition to editorials opposing incarceration, the paper engaged incarcerated Japanese Americans to write for the paper about the camp experience.
- ^ "75 Years Ago, Only One Paper Opposed Japanese American Internment Camps". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Walt and Milly Woodward". Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ Gilmore, Susan (2008-11-06). ""In Defense of Our Neighbors": Bainbridge Island author recounts her parents' crusade against internment". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Gilmore, Susan (November 9, 2008), "In Defense of Our Neighbors": Editors against internment (book review), The Seattle Times, retrieved 2010-02-22
- ^ "BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: Remembering: Walt Woodward". products.kitsapsun.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ "BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: Editor's WWII stand wins recognition". products.kitsapsun.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Walt & Milly Woodward Honored". www.bicomnet.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.