Richard Lloyd Jones (April 14, 1873 – December 4, 1963) was an American journalist who was the long-time editor and publisher of the now defunct Tulsa Tribune.

In 1881, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where his father had been called as the settled minister of All Souls Unitarian Church.

A biography says that Richard was athletically inclined and proficient in a number of sports, including swimming, skating, tennis, and horsemanship.

[1] In 1905, Robert Collier and Jones collaborated to buy the old Abraham Lincoln farm at auction in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Then they organized a fundraising campaign to establish a historic site, which was opened during the Lincoln Centennial in 1909.

He editorialized, "...our whole prison system is born of ignorance and arrogance; it is medieval; it is the most fruitful factory we have for making criminals.

Realizing that he had made powerful political enemies, he decided to sell this paper and move out of the state.

[1] In 1919, Jones learned that businessman-philanthropist Charles Page wanted to sell one of the two newspapers that he owned in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

According to Jones's grandson, David, his grandfather met with Page and told him, "Charlie, you've got a paper and you don't want one.

Page's proposal was rejected when tests showed that the quantity was inadequate to meet Tulsa's expected needs and construction of the Spavinaw project began in 1922.

[5] On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa Tribune published a story in the afternoon edition with the headline: "Nab Negro for Attacking Girl In an Elevator", describing the alleged assault of a white elevator operator by a young black man named Dick Rowland.

[7] No known copies of the editorial, which some credit as the primary incitement of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, exist today.

Rowland's life was saved that night, largely through the efforts of the Tulsa County sheriff.

The World editorially supported the Democratic Party and opposed the Ku Klux Klan.

[9] She became an advocate of liberal causes such as women's suffrage, humane treatment of animals, control of children's diseases and Planned Parenthood.

After founding the Tulsa Tribune, he started publishing a "Saturday Sermonette," covering his thoughts about a moral subject.

The meeting led to the founding of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Tulsa during the following year.

Jones also led a fundraising campaign for the construction of the original church building, and successfully attracted funds from non-members.

His elder son, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Sr., who had become editor in 1941 and was a noted syndicated newspaper writer, replaced his father as publisher.