The Times-Picayune is a newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Originally established in 1837 as The Picayune, it was a daily newspaper until the paper switched its print edition to three days a week, in the second half of 2012. The paper's final daily edition was printed Saturday, September 29, 2012.
The Times-Picayune funds the Edgar A. Poe Award for journalistic excellence, presented annually by the White House Correspondents' Association. The award is named for the newspaper's distinguished long-time national correspondent, Edgar Allan Poe.
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