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Hoyt Canady

Title: Editorial Page Editor
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About Hoyt Canady

Biography

Hoyt Canady, a native of Savannah, Ga., moved to Knoxville in 1973 and began working with the News Sentinel in 1979. He has been a reporter, copy editor, community news editor, and assistant city editor. He has been editorial page editor since 1989. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967-71. He is married to the former Marilyn Loyd of Macon,Ga. They have two grown children and one grandchild.
Hoyt Canady

Position History

  • Editorial Page Editor
    08/27/1979 - current

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Recent Work

  • Canady: World's Fair in high gear 25 years ago Published 06/10/2007 at midnight

    By June 1982, the World's Fair in Knoxville was humming along into its second month, with large crowds of visitors, myriad activities and an embarrassing speed bump over housing reservations.

  • Canady: Ice storm: Where were you in '82? Published 01/07/2007 at midnight

    The first sign that I should not go to work on Jan. 19, 1982, occurred when I slipped twice on the ice as I went to my car. The next sign was my car almost doing a U-turn in my ...

  • Canady: Government shut down (minus snow) 25 years ago Published 10/29/2006 at midnight

    On Nov. 24, 1981, just two days before Thanksgiving, the United States government shut down for a day - or part of a day - over a fuss about the federal budget.

  • Canady: Anwar Sadat's assassination added to chaos in Middle East Published 10/01/2006 at midnight

    Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was gunned down in a grenade and machine-gun attack as he reviewed a military parade in a Cairo suburb on Oct. 6, 1981. The assassination of the 63-year-old Sadat topped the news for the month of ...

  • Canady: One hurdle cleared for income tax in 1981 Published 09/03/2006 at midnight

    Tennesseans' battles with a statewide income tax began more than 25 years ago, but one benchmark in the ongoing struggle was an attorney general's opinion in 1981 that such a tax would not violate the state Constitution.

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