Roy W. Howard

Roy W. Howard (1883–1964) was an American newspaperman. He began his newspaper career as a paperboy in Indianapolis, Indiana, but quickly moved up. He was a reporter for the Indianapolis Star, then became New York correspondent for Scripps McRae Newspapers. He quickly made a name for himself and, in 1912, had worked his way up to president of United Press. He moved to Scripps newspapers in 1920, and, by 1922, he was leading the company, a position he kept for four decades. Despite his management role, he continued to work as a reporter; in 1933 he went to Manchuria to cover the Sino-Japanese war, and in 1936 he interviewed Josef Stalin.

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