About Jim McClure

Contact

Jim McClure
Editor
York Daily Record/Sunday News
1891 Loucks Road
York, PA 17408
Direct number: 717-771-2011
Cell: 717-880-2302
Home: 717-741-9688
Email: jem@ydr.com

Blog: www.yorktownsquare.com
On Twitter: @JamesMcClure
On Facebook
Also on Facebook: Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.

Author of six books on York County history:*
- “Never to be Forgotten.”
- “Nine Months in York Town”
- “Almost Forgotten”
- “East of Gettysburg”
- “In the Thick of the Fight”
- “Civil War Voices from York County” (with Scott L. Mingus)
*Available at www.yorkheritage.org

Editor

As chairman of the York County Heritage Trust’s Publications Committee, I help edit the Trust’s annual school publication, “The Journal of York Heritage”, and other Trust publications, for example, Mary Hamilton’s “Rising From The Wilderness.”

I also served as general editor of the three-volume “250th Chronicles,” published in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of York County in 1999.

Bio

I have been editor of the York Daily Record/York Sunday News since May 2004. Before that, I was the managing editor of the York Daily Record for 15 years.

I am the author of six books on York County history — “Never to be Forgotten, A Year-By-Year Look at York County’s Past,” “Nine Months in York Town, American Revolutionaries Labor on Pennsylvania’s Frontier,” “Almost Forgotten, A Glimpse at Black History in York County, Pa.,” “East of Gettysburg, A Gray Shadow Crosses York County, Pa.” and ” “In the Thick of the Fight, York County, Pa., Counters the Axis Threat in WWII.” I co-authored “Civil War Voices From York County.”

I  write daily entries, or post, in my York County history blog, York Town Square.

I hold a master’s degree in American Studies from Penn State Harrisburg, where my research focus was on York County journalism history.
I am past president of Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors and past president of the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors.

Presentations

I  present, at no charge, on history or journalism topics to community, education and journalistic groups. I have a heavy speaking schedule, so please schedule as far in advance as possible. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com or Donna Mandl at dmandl@ydr.com.

Awards

Pennsylvania Newspaper Foundation John Fisher Internet Vision Award in 2010 and two PNA Foundation Public Service Awards for heading journalism/history team covering race/civil rights issues in York County.

Q & A

For a short interview on the YDR Insider blog, visit: Staff Q&As: Meet Editor James McClure.