/tags/george-putnam George Putnam en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:28:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2015-07-23/fighting-editor-takes-on-political-machine-and-the-kkk The Oregon Encyclopedia calls George Putnam, who purchased the Medford Tribune in 1907, the “epitome of the fighting editor.” He took on Jackson County’s… Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:28:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2015-07-23/fighting-editor-takes-on-political-machine-and-the-kkk Kernan Turner /show/as-it-was/2015-04-30/convicted-medford-editor-avoids-new-libel-trial Crusading editor George Putnam found himself in jail shortly after taking over direction of the Medford Tribune in 1907. Putnam had published an article… Thu, 30 Apr 2015 07:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2015-04-30/convicted-medford-editor-avoids-new-libel-trial Kernan Turner