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
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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)
- “Echoing Still: More Civil War Voices from York County” (with Scott L. Mingus, due from the publisher in April.)
*For sale at www.yorkheritage.org
and www.barnesandnoble.com
Editor
As chairman of the York County Heritage Trust’s Publications Committee, I help edit the Trust’s annual scholarly 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 and associated digital products since May 2004. Before that, I was the managing editor of the York Daily Record for 15 years. In 2012, I was named East Region Editor for the YDR’s parent Digital First Media, with oversight for 24 daily newsrooms and 50 or more weeklies.
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 posts, in my York County journalism/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.
Topics
- Famous faces in York Town when Continental Congress visited in 1777-78
- Civil War Voices in York County
- World War II: Its impact on York County
- Famous women in York County’s past
- The contributions York County’s black fighting men in American wars
- York County’s one-room schools explained
- William C. Goodridge and the Underground Railroad in York County
- The Murals of York County explored
- Basic tools for exploring York County history
- Presidential visits to York County
- Penn Park’s place in York City history
- Our past, Our present, Our future – Civil rights in York County
Awards
Pennsylvania Newspaper Foundation John Fisher Internet Vision Award in 2010 and two PNA Foundation Public Service Awards for heading York Daily Record/Sunday News heading journalism/history teams 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.
Welcome to York Town Square, 8 years of daily posts about journalism and history, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at 
As a direct descendant of John and Billy Foust, I am so sad that the smokestack is coming down. That was the only thing I could relate to my Foust Heritage. I have taken pictures on several occassions, and now they will be the only thing left of this landmark for me. I hope that the current owners will be generous enough to allow a few bricks to go to John and Billy’s Grandaughter ( a few great’s go in front of that).
I hope to be there when the smokestack is taken down.
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