Colac Herald

***Colac Herald*** jarida ce da ke kula da Colac, Victoria, Ostiraliya, da yankunan da ke kewaye. An fara buga ta a shekarar 1866. Ana buga jaridar sau uku a mako, a ranakun Litinin, Laraba, da Juma'a. A tsawon tarihinta, jaridar ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan kalilan na kafofin watsa labarai masu zaman kansu a Ostiraliya, tana mai da hankali kan aikin jarida na gida. A watan Maris na 2017, Greenstone Media Pty Ltd ta sayi *Colac Herald.* Duk da canjin mallakar jaridar, jaridar ta ci gaba da aiki a matsayin jaridar gida.

Da yake an daɗe ana samunsa a yankin, *Colac Herald* na ci gaba da taka muhimmiyar rawa a kafofin watsa labarai na yanki, tana ba da rahotanni game da abubuwan da suka faru a yankin, batutuwa, da nasarorin wasanni, da kuma yin aiki a matsayin dandamali don tallata haja a yankin. 

## Tarihi

### 1866-1885
Thomas Haslem ya kafa jaridar Colac ta farko mai suna The Observer a watan Agusta na shekarar 1866. Bayan shekaru biyu kacal na bugawa, mazauna yankin sun nuna rashin gamsuwarsu da yadda take aiki. Mambobin al'umma sun ji cewa ya kamata a ƙirƙiri jarida ta biyu don wakiltar ra'ayoyin kasuwanci da sauran muradun gundumar. Editan Observer, Mista Nash, ya yanke alaƙarsa da jaridar asali kuma ya kafa ƙaramin kamfani tare da sauran ma'aikata don ƙaddamar da sabuwar jaridar da aka tsara.

Buga na farko *na littafin Colac Herald* ya fito ne a ranar 26 ga Oktoba, 1869, inda aka fara samun shafuka 37.5.&nbsp;cm da 50&nbsp;cm. Ofishin farko na *Colac Herald* ƙaramin gini ne na katako a kusurwar titin Polwarth da titin Murray, amma daga baya kasuwancin ya koma wani gini a titin Murray wanda yanzu shine wurin da Colac RSL ke aiki. Ana buga jaridar Herald a ranakun Talata da Juma'a da ƙarfe 5 na yamma kuma an kawo shi bayan rabin sa'a a cikin radius na mil ɗaya daga ofishin. Bayan fama da rashin isasshen jari na watanni uku na farko, Mista Nash ya nemi taimakon kuɗi daga surukinsa John Woods.

A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1870, wani talla ya bayyana a jaridar Herald yana cewa Mista Nash da Mista Woods sun shiga wata yarjejeniya domin ci gaba da wallafa jaridar. Mista Nash ya ci gaba da zama a matsayin edita na ɗan lokaci amma daga baya ya yi ritaya, inda ya bar Mista Woods shi kaɗai ne mamallakin *Colac Herald.*

A daidai lokacin da ake saye da kuma haɗa takardu, an kafa wata jarida mai suna The Times, wacce Robert Harris ya buga, kuma ya buga ta. Jaridar Times kuma ta kasance gasa ce ta mako biyu kuma akwai babban hamayya tsakanin jaridun biyu. Jaridar *Colac Herald* ta karu zuwa sau uku a mako daga 1876, ana bugawa a safiyar Litinin, Laraba da Juma'a.

### 1886-1915

A shekarar 1887, Mista Woods ya gabatar da injin gas na farko a gundumar, wanda hakan ya sa samar da takardar ya zama mai sauƙi. A shekarar 1899, an gina ofisoshin tubali a gaban Otal ɗin Union Club kuma sun ci gaba da zama sabbin ofisoshin *Colac Herald* tsawon shekaru 57.

Mista Woods ya gabatar da na'urar farko mai siffar monotype don saita letterpress wanda daga baya aka maye gurbinsa da na'urorin linotype .

### 1936-1955
Hotuna sun fara bayyana a shafuka a cikin shekaru goma kuma an fara amfani da zane-zane a cikin tallace-tallace lokaci zuwa lokaci.

Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu da masarautar sun bayyana a cikin jaridar akai-akai, kodayake The Reformer ya fi mai da hankali kan "labarai daga gaba". A shekarar 1948, tsohon Kanar a Rundunar Sojan Burtaniya Mista Geoffrey. C. Adams ya sayi Reformer daga hannun Mista GS Baxter. Daga nan ya sayi *Colac Herald* a shekarar 1949 kuma ya daina samar da Colac Reformer a ranar 29 ga Satumba.

Haɗa jaridun biyu ya bar Colac da bugu ɗaya kawai a karon farko tun lokacin da aka kafa The Observer. A shekarar 1950, mazaunin Colac Alf Deigan ya sauya sheka daga matsayin malamin Herald zuwa sashen talla, wanda ya kula da shi har zuwa 1979. Zuwa ƙarshen 1954, Mista Adams ya fara tattaunawa game da siyan fili tare da gefen titi zuwa Gellibrand Street, Colac don gina sabon hedikwata ga Herald. Masu zane-zane na sabon ginin sune Mason da Weinstock na Gabashin Melbourne . McBean da Co. sun fara tono harsashin ginin a ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 1955.

### 1956-1975

Mista Adams ya ƙaura da injina zuwa wani sabon gini mai faɗi a Gellibrand Street a watan Maris na 1956. *Colac Herald* shine gini na farko da aka gina a kan yankin daga Johnstone's Lane zuwa Bromfield Street.

### 1976-1995

A shekarar 1978, GC Adams, wanda ya zama memba na ƙungiyar 'yan jarida ta ƙasar Victorian da kuma 'yan jaridar yankin Australia, ya yi ritaya ya kuma sayar da *Colac Herald* ga mai shi na uku, Mista Frank Gannon. Mista Gannon da iyalansa sun mallaki Leongatha Star, tare da dogon tarihin shiga jaridu.

### 1996-2016

Iyalan Gannon sun yanke shawarar mayar da *jaridar Colac Herald* daga babban shafin yanar gizo zuwa ƙaramin girman shafin yanar gizo, wanda har yanzu yake a yanzu. Steven O'Dowd ya zama edita a shekarar 1995 kuma ya jagoranci jaridar a lokacin da take canzawa daga babban shafin yanar gizo zuwa babban shafin yanar gizo.

Mista Frank Gannon ya mutu a watan Janairun 2003, kuma matarsa Mary Gannon ta zama babban manaja na jaridar, inda ta ci gaba da jajircewar iyalan Gannon ga Colac da gundumar. Mary Gannon, mai kamfanin Herald, ta kafa tarihi a shekarar 2007 lokacin da ta zama mace ta farko a majalisar zartarwa ta kungiyar 'yan jarida ta Victorian Country Press Association tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1910. Iyalan Gannon sun yi bikin cika shekaru 30 da mallakar jaridar a shekarar 2008 da wani bugu na musamman da ke nuna tarihin jaridar.

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