List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.

See also: List of African-American newspapers in Washington, D.C. and Newspapers founded in Washington, D.C. during the 18th- and 19th-centuries

This is a list of newspapers in Washington, D.C. These newspapers are published or headquartered in Washington, D.C. There have been over 800 newspapers published in the District of Columbia since its founding in 1790. As of February 2020^[update], there were approximately 75 newspapers in print in the District.^[1][2]

Major daily newspapers

Current daily newspapers in Washington, D.C.

Title	Year est.	Owner	Print daily circulation	References
The Hill	1994	Capitol Hill Publishing Corporation (subsidiary)	24,000^[3] As of December 2012^[update]	ISSN 1521-1568, OCLC 31153202^[4]
Politico	2007	Capitol News Company	32,000 in 2009^[5]	^[5]^[6]
Roll Call	1955	FiscalNote	30,786	^[6]
Stars and Stripes	1861	Defense Media Activity	7 million weekly editions 38 million page views per year	OCLC 44314138^[7]
The Washington Post	1877	Jeff Bezos, Nash Holdings	254,379 (daily, 2019) 838,014 (Sunday, 2013) 1,000,000 (digital, 2018)	OCLC 2269358, LCCN sn79002172
The Washington Times	1982	The Washington Times, LLC	59,185 daily (As of November 2013^[update])	OCLC 8472624, LCCN sn82004118

Special interest newspapers

Special interest newspapers in Washington, D.C.

Title	Year est., freq.	Interest	References
Catholic Standard	1951, weekly	Catholics	OCLC 11760218^[8]
County News	1973	County governments, National Association of Counties	OCLC 1643384, LCCN sn82017007^[9]
DC Black		African-American	^[10]^[11]
DC Spotlight Newspaper			^[11]
The Georgetowner	1954, bi-weekly	Affluent community in Georgetown and elsewhere in the District	OCLC 8079438, LCCN sn82001168^[12]
El Imparcial Newspaper		Hispanic	^[11]
Metro Weekly	weekly	LGBTQ issues	^[6]
El Pregonero	1977	Hispanic
Street Sense	2003, bi-weekly	Focusing on homelessness	^[6]
El Tiempo Latino	1991	Hispanic	The Washington Post Company^[11]
The Washington Afro American	1892, weekly	African American issues	^[11]^[6]
Washington Blade	1969, weekly	LGBTQ issues	^[6]^[13]
Washington Business Journal	1986	Business
Washington City Paper	1981	Free	^[6]^[13]
The Washington Diplomat	1994	Diplomats
The Washington Examiner	2005, weekly	Political journalism website and weekly magazine since 2013	^[6]^[13]
Washington Hispanic	1994	Hispanic
The Washington Informer	1964, weekly	African American issues	OCLC 10269159, LCCN sn84007874^[11]^[6]
Washington Jewish Week (National Jewish Ledger)	1930, weekly	Jewish
World Journal (DC edition)	1976	Chinese language

Community papers

Current community newspapers in Washington, D.C.

Title	Year est.	Frequency, owner	Area	References
DC Line	2018			^[14]
D.C. North			Northeast Washington	^[13]
East of the River		Monthly, Capital Community News	Anacostia	^[11]^[13]
The Georgetown Dish	2009		Georgetown	^[15]
Hill Rag	1976	Monthly print, online daily; Capital Community News	Capitol Hill	OCLC 39308468, LCCN sn98062538^[16]^[11]^[6]
The InTowner	1968		Dupont Circle, Logan Circle and Adams Morgan	OCLC 13435461, LCCN sn86001289^[11]^[6]^[13]
MidcityDC		Monthly, Capital Community News	Mid-City	^[17]
The Southwester	1968	Monthly, Southwest Neighborhood Assembly	Southwest	OCLC 39641161, LCCN sn98062551
Washington Spark	2004			^[13]

College newspapers

• The Eagle, American University, 1925
• The Georgetown Voice, Georgetown University, 1969
• The GW Hatchet, The George Washington University, 1904
• The Hilltop, Howard University, 1924
• The Hoya, Georgetown University, 1920, OCLC 30597435, LCCN sn98062535
• The Tower, Catholic University of America, 1922

Magazines

• Governing, monthly, 1987, Congressional Quarterly
• Metro Weekly, LGBT weekly, 1994
• National Journal, weekly, 1969, Atlantic Media
• Washington Life, monthly, 1991, Washington Life Magazine Group
• Washington Monthly, monthly, 1969
• Washingtonian, monthly, 1965, OCLC 37264488
• Women's Monthly, monthly^[13]

Defunct publications

Main article: Newspapers founded in Washington, D.C. during the 18th- and 19th-centuries

 

The "Republican" Building was built in 1871 at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW. It was demolished after a fire in 1916.

Some selected, notable newspapers that were published in Washington, D.C. are listed below. See the main article for defunct newspapers founded in the District during the 18th- and 19th-centuries.

• The Colored American (African-American owned) (1893–1904)^[18]
• The Common Denominator (Washington, D.C., newspaper) (1998–2006), OCLC 39376414, LCCN sn98067631^[13]
• The Current Newspapers (1954–2019) (community newspapers in Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Chevy Chase and Upper Northwest)^[6][19]
  • The Georgetown Current, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (1967–2019), Weekly, OCLC 39775819, LCCN sn98062555
  • Voice of the Hill (1999–2010) (The Current Newspapers)^[6]
• Express, Free daily (2003–2019), Nash Holdings, LLC, Jeff Bezos
• Farmers National Weekly (1933–1936), moved to Chicago in 1933
• National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (started by Thomas Jefferson), (1800–1870)^[20]
• National Observer (1962–1977), published by Dow Jones & Company
• National Republican (1860–1888), OCLC 8791688, ISSN 2158-8899 ^[21]
• New National Era, New Era (1870-1874) (African-American owned newspaper)^[22]]
• The Spotlight (1975–2001), antisemitic, right-wing
• The Suffragist (1913–1920)
• The Times, and Patowmack Packet (1789–1791), first newspaper in the District
• Washington Bee (1882–1922) OCLC 10587828, ISSN 1940-7424^[23][24]
• The Washington Daily News (1921–1972), predecessor to the Washington Star
• The Washington Herald (1906–1939)
• The Washington Star (1841–1981), a national newspaper
• The Washington Sun (1960–2010), African American issues
• United States Daily (1926-1933)
• United States Telegraph (1827–1937)
• Washington Times (1894–1939)
• Washington Times-Herald (1939–1954)
• Waterline (published for the Naval District of Washington by the Washington Post Company)
• Young D.C., monthly tabloid by and about teenagers in Washington, D.C. (1991–?)

See also

• Media in Washington, D.C.
• Category:Journalists from Washington, D.C.

U.S. newspapers

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References

1. "District of Columbia Newspapers". w3newspapers.com. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
2. "Search for newspapers in the District of Columbia". Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
3. "Who we are". The Hill. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
4. . Americans for the Arts Action Fund. February 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
5. Wolff, Michael (August 2009). "Politico's Washington Coup". Vanity Fair. from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
6. "Newspapers in Washington, D.C." Nationalnews.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
7. "About Stars and Stripes". Stripes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
8. "Catholic Standard". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
9. "About County news. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1973-current". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
10. "DC Black". DC Black. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
11. "DC Newspapers". OnlineNewspapers.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
12. "The Georgetowner". Facebook. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
13. "Our DC". Our DC. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
14. "About the DCLine". thedcline.org. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
15. "The Georgetown Dish, About us". The Georgetown Dish. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
16. "Hill Rag". Facebook. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
17. "MidCity DC". MidCityDCNews. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
18. "The Colored American". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
19. "Current Newspaper to Fold". GeorgeTowner.com. May 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
20. "About The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1800-1810". Chronicling American, Library of Congress. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
21. "The National Republican". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
22. "New National Era". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
23. "The Washington Bee". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
24. "The Bee". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

Bibliography

• S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: District of Columbia". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
• James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: District of Columbia", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
• "District of Columbia". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a.
• "District of Columbia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 143+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
• Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Washington Journalism", Washington, City and Capital, American Guide Series, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, pp. 170+, hdl:2027/uc1.b3850087 – via HathiTrust

External links

• "District of Columbia Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University. Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
• "Northeast". Historical African American Newspapers Available Online. Subject Guides. Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College Library. (Includes DC newspapers)
• International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: District of Columbia". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.
• University of Florida. "District of Columbia". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
• . N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
• . AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.