This is a list of newspapers in Virginia.
Daily, weekly and other newspapers (currently published)
University newspapers
- The Brackety-Ack â" student newspaper of Roanoke College
- The Breeze â" student newspaper of James Madison University
- The Broadside â" student newspaper of George Mason University
- The Bullet â" student newspaper of the University of Mary Washington
- The Cadet â" student newspaper of Virginia Military Institute
- The Captain's Log â" student newspaper of Christopher Newport University
- The Cavalier Daily â" student newspaper of the University of Virginia
- The Collegian â" student newspaper of the University of Richmond
- Collegiate Times â" student newspaper of Virginia Tech
- The Commonwealth Times â" student newspaper of Virginia Commonwealth University
- The Critograph â" student newspaper of Lynchburg College
- The 'Doah â" student newspaper of Shenandoah University
- The Flat Hat â" student newspaper of the College of William & Mary
- The Hampden-Sydney Tiger â" student newspaper of Hampden-Sydney College
- The Hampton Script â" student newspaper of Hampton University
- The Highland Cavalier â" student newspaper of the University of Virginia's College at Wise
- Hollins Columns â" student newspaper of Hollins University
- The Iron Blade â" student newspaper of Ferrum College
- The Liberty Champion â" student newspaper of Liberty University
- The Mace & Crown â" student newspaper of Old Dominion University
- The Marlin Chronicle â" student newspaper of Virginia Wesleyan College
- Ring-tum Phi â" student newspaper of the Washington and Lee University
- The Rotunda â" student newspaper of Longwood University
- Spartan Echo â" student newspaper of Norfolk State University
- The Tartan â" student newspaper of Radford University
- Virginia Law Weekly â" student newspaper of the University of Virginia School of Law
- The Yellow Jacket â" student newspaper of Randolph-Macon College
Defunct newspapers
Alexandria
Newspapers published in Alexandria, Virginia:
- Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer. D., Dec. 8â"31, 1800+
- The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792 â" Dec. 6, 1800.
- The Times. Alexandria Advertiser. D., Apr. 10, 1797 â" Apr. 16 1799.
- The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser. D., Apr. 17, 1799 â" Dec. 31, 1800+
- The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser. W., July 30(?), 1789 â" Nov. 1793.
- The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser. W., Feb. 5, 1784 â" July 4, 1789.
Dumfries
Newspapers published in Dumfries, Virginia:
- The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository. W., Sept. 29, 1791 â" Dec. 19, 1793.
Fincastle
Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia:
- The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser. W., March â" Dec. 27, 1800+
Fredericksburg
Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia:
- The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797 â" Sept. 2, 1799.
- The Virginia Herald. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799 â" Dec. 26, 1800+
- The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser. W., S.W., June 7, 1787 â" Oct. 16 (?), 1795.
- The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795 â" Aug. 19, 1797.
Leesburg
Newspapers published in Leesburg, Virginia:
- The True American. W., November 1798â"1800(?)
Norfolk
Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia:
- American Gazette. S.W., May 6, 1796.
- American Gazette & General Advertiser. S.W., May 10, 1796 â" Nov. 7, 1797.
- American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser. S.W., May 7, 1794 â" Apr. 30, 1796.
- The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser. W., July 18, 1792 â" Apr. 30, 1794.
- Epitome of the Times. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799 â" Dec. 30, 1800+
- The Herald. T.W., Nov. 9â"30, 1795.
- The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794 â" Nov. 5, 1795.
- The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle. W., Aug. 29, 1789 â" June (?), 1792.
- The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette. W., Sept. 9 â" Oct. 8, 1789.
- The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal. W., June 21, 1786 â" May 13 (?), 1789.
- Norfolk Herald. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795 â" Oct. 31, 1796.
- The Norfolk Herald. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798 â" Dec. 29, 1800+
- The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796 â" Feb. 17, 1798.
- The Virginia Chronicle, & C. S.W., Nov. 13 â" Dec. 19, 1794.
- The Virginia Chronicle, & General Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 11 â" Nov. 10, 1794.
- Virginia Chronicle and Norfolk and Portsmouth General Advertiser. W., July 28, 1792 â" Apr. 5, 1794.
- The Virginia Gazette. 1775 â" Feb. 3, 1776.
- Virginia Gazette, or, Norfolk Intelligencer. June 9 (?), 1774 â" Sept. 20, 1775.
Petersburg
Newspapers published in Petersburg, Virginia:
- The Independent Ledger, and Petersburg and Blandford Public Advertiser. W., Mar. 6 â" May 8, 1793.
- The Petersburg Intelligencer. S.W., June 17 â" Dec. 31, 1800+
- Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer. W., S.W., July 6 (?), 1786 â" May (?), 1800.
Richmond
Newspapers published in Richmond, Virginia:
- The American Advertiser.
- The Friend of the People, A Political Paper. Fortnightly, Jan. (?) â" July (?), 1800.
- The Observatory, or, A View of the Times. S.W., July 3(?), 1797 â" Sept. 10(?), 1798.
- The Press. W., Jan. 6 â" Feb. 7(?) 1800.
- The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 30, 1795 â" Nov. 15, 1796.
- Richmond Chronicle. S.W., May 23, 1795 â" Aug. 27, 1796.
- The Virginia Argus. S.W., Nov. 19, 1796 â" Dec. 30, 1800+
- The Virginia Federalist. S.W., May 25, 1799 â" Aug. 2, 1800.
- The Virginia Gazette. W., May 9, 1780 â" May 19, 1781.
- The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser. W., S.W., Aug. 25, 1790 â" Dec. 26, 1800+
- The Virginia Gazette, and Independent Chronicle. W., 1784 (?) â" Sept. (?), 1789.
- The Virginia Gazette, and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 15, 1793 â" Apr. 25, 1795.
- Virginia Gazette & Richmond Chronicle. S.W., Mar. 2, 1793 â" May 19, 1795.
- Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. W., Feb. 16, 1782 â" Apr. 22, 1797.
- The Virginia Gazette, or, The American Advertiser. W., Dec. 22, 1781 â" Dec. 20, 1786.
- The Virginia Independent Chronicle. W., July 26, 1786 â" May 6, 1789.
- The Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser. W., May 13, 1789 â" Aug. 18, 1790.
Staunton
Newspapers published in Staunton, Virginia:
- The Staunton Gazette, or, The Western Star. W., Feb. 5, 1790.
- Staunton Spy. W., Feb. 1793 â" Feb. 1, 1794.
Williamsburg
Newspapers published in Williamsburg, Virginia:
- The Virginia Gazette. 1736â"1780.
- Rind's Virginia Gazette. W., May 16 â" Sept. 12 (?), 1766.
Winchester
Newspapers published in Winchester, Virginia:
- Bowen's Virginia Centinel & Gazette, or, The Winchester Political Repository. W., Apr. 1790 â" Feb. 19, 1796.
- The Virginia Centinel, or, The Winchester Mercury. W., Apr. 2, 1788 â" Apr. (?), 1790.
- The Virginia Gazette, and Winchester Advertiser. W., July 11, 1787 â" Apr. 23, 1788.
- Virginia Gazette, or, The Winchester Advertiser. W., Apr. 30, 1788 â" Sept. 9, 1789.
- Winchester Gazette. W., 1798 (?) â" Dec. 31, 1800+
See also
- Virginia media
- List of radio stations in Virginia
- List of television stations in Virginia
- Media of cities in Virginia: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach
- Journalism:
- Category:Journalists from Virginia
- Virginia Commonwealth University Robertson School of Media and Culture (est. 1978), in Richmond
- Virginia literature
- Fake news websites in the United States
References
Bibliography
- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Virginia". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475. (+ List of titles 50+ years old)
- James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Virginia", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, OCLCÂ 219597043Â
- "Virginia". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 1058+ â" via HathiTrust.Â
- "Virginia Newspapers in Public Libraries: Annotated List of Virginia Newspapers". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.Â
- Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr., 1901), pp. 337-346 (Alexandria etc) via Jstor
- Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr., 1902)
- pp. 1-11
- pp. 130-138
- pp. 289-297
- pp. 411-413 (Warrenton etc) via Jstor
- Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr., 1903)
- pp. 225-229
- pp. 421-423 (Richmond etc) via Jstor
- Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-21.Â
- "Virginia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 1009+.Â
- Lester J. Cappon. Virginia Newspapers, 1821â"1935: A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. New York: Appleton-Century Co., 1936.
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 130â"137, ISBN 9780403021956 â" via Google BooksÂ
- Harrison A. Trexler. "The Davis Administration and the Richmond Press, 1861â"1865," Journal of Southern History, 16 (May 1950), 177â"195.
- Ted Tunnell. "A 'Patriotic Press': Virginia's Confederate Newspapers, 1861â"1865," in William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr., eds., Virginia at War: 1864. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009, 35â"50.
External links
- "Virginia Newspapers". Virginia Memory. Library of Virginia.Â
- Bibliography of American Newspapers cataloged and inventoried by the Virginia Newspaper Project (Database searchable by locale)
- "Virginia Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
 - "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Virginia". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- "Southeast". Historical African American Newspapers Available Online. Subject Guides. Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College Library. (Includes Virginia newspapers)
- Ted Tunnell, "Confederate Newspapers in Virginia during the Civil War", Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the HumanitiesÂ
- David Rawson, "Printing in Colonial Virginia", Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the HumanitiesÂ
- International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Virginia". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.Â
- University of Florida. "Virginia". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.Â
- "Virginia". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.Â
- "Virginia Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.Â
- "United States: Virginia". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001.Â