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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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Daily, weekly and other newspapers (currently published)


University newspapers

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Brackety-Ack
' — student newspaper of
Roanoke College Roanoke College is a private liberal arts college in Salem, Virginia. It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries. The college offers 35 majors, 57 minors and concentrations, and pre-professional pr ...
* '' The Breeze'' — student newspaper of
James Madison University James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...
* '' The Broadside'' — student newspaper of George Mason University * '' The Bullet'' — student newspaper of the
University of Mary Washington The University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washi ...
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The Buzz
' — student newspaper of
Shenandoah University Shenandoah University is a private university in Winchester, Virginia. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students across more than 200 areas of study in six schools: College of Arts & Sciences (including the Division of Education and Le ...
* '' The Cadet'' — student newspaper of
Virginia Military Institute la, Consilio et Animis (on seal) , mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal) , established = , type = Public senior military college , accreditation = SACS , endowment = $696.8 mill ...
* '' The Captain's Log'' — student newspaper of
Christopher Newport University Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News, Virginia. It was founded in 1960 and is named after Christopher Newport, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent English ...
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The Cavalier Daily ''The Cavalier Daily'' is an independent, student-run daily news organization at the University of Virginia. Founded in 1890, under the name ''College Topics'', ''The Cavalier Daily'' is Virginia's oldest collegiate daily and the oldest daily new ...
'' — student newspaper of the
University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
* '' The Collegian'' — student newspaper of the
University of Richmond The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School ...
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Collegiate Times The ''Collegiate Times'' is an independent, student-run newspaper serving Virginia Tech since 1903. The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech (EMCVT), a non-profit student media consortium, owns the publication. Based in Blacksburg, Virgin ...
'' — student newspaper of
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six re ...
* ''
The Commonwealth Times ''The Commonwealth Times'' is the weekly independent student newspaper for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Almost all of the published Commonwealth Times papers from 1969 to present day can be found on the VCU libraries we ...
'' — student newspaper of
Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia ...
* '' The Critograph'' — student newspaper of
Lynchburg College The University of Lynchburg, formerly Lynchburg College, is a private university associated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and located in Lynchburg, Virginia. It has approximately 2,800 undergraduate and graduate students. ...
* The Fourth Estate - student newspaper at George Mason University * ''
The Flat Hat ''The Flat Hat'' is the official student newspaper at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. It prints Tuesdays during the College's academic year. It began printing twice-weekly in 2007; since its inception in 1911, ''The Fl ...
'' — student newspaper of the
College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William I ...
* '' The Hampden-Sydney Tiger'' — student newspaper of
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden Sydney is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. Hampden Sydney is the home of Hampden–Sydney College, a private all- ...
* '' The Hampton Script'' — student newspaper of Hampton University * '' The Highland Cavalier'' — student newspaper of the
University of Virginia's College at Wise The University of Virginia's College at Wise (UVA Wise) is a public liberal arts college in Wise, Virginia. It is part of the University of Virginia and was established in 1954 as Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia. The United S ...
* '' Hollins Columns'' — student newspaper of
Hollins University Hollins University is a private university in Hollins, Virginia. Founded in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary in the historical settlement of Botetourt Springs, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States ...
* '' The Iron Blade'' — student newspaper of Ferrum College * '' The Liberty Champion'' — student newspaper of
Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Lib ...
* '' The Mace & Crown'' — student newspaper of
Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia w ...
* '' The Marlin Chronicle'' — student newspaper of
Virginia Wesleyan College Virginia Wesleyan University (VWU) is a private university in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The university is nonsectarian but historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church. It enrolls 1,607 students annually in undergraduate and graduate ...
* '' Ring-tum Phi'' — student newspaper of the
Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexington ...
* '' The Rotunda'' — student newspaper of Longwood University * '' Spartan Echo'' — student newspaper of
Norfolk State University Norfolk State University (NSU) is a public historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Virginia High-Tech Partnership. History The institution was founded on September 18, 1935 ...
* '' The Tartan'' — student newspaper of Radford University * ''
Virginia Law Weekly ''Virginia Law Weekly'' is a weekly newspaper published by students at the University of Virginia School of Law each Wednesday of the school year, excluding breaks and exam periods. In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, and 2019, the ''Law Weekly'' wa ...
'' — student newspaper of the University of Virginia School of Law
''The Weathervane''
— student newspaper of
Eastern Mennonite University Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is a private Mennonite university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The university also operates a satellite campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which primarily caters to working adults. EMU's bachelor-degree holde ...
* '' The Yellow Jacket'' — student newspaper of Randolph-Macon College


Defunct newspapers


Newspapers by locale


Alexandria

Newspapers published in
Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C. In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...
: * ''Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer''. D., Dec. 8–31, 1800+ * ''The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette''. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792 – Dec. 6, 1800. * ''The Times. Alexandria Advertiser''. D., Apr. 10, 1797 – Apr. 16 1799. * ''The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser''. D., Apr. 17, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+ * ''The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser''. W., July 30(?), 1789 – Nov. 1793. * ''The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser''. W., Feb. 5, 1784 – July 4, 1789.


Dumfries

Newspapers published in
Dumfries, Virginia Dumfries, officially the Town of Dumfries, is a town in Prince William County, Virginia. The population was 4,961 at the 2010 United States Census. Geography Dumfries is located at (38.567853, −77.324591). According to the United States ...
: * ''The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository''. W., Sept. 29, 1791 – Dec. 19, 1793.


Fincastle

Newspapers published in
Fincastle, Virginia Fincastle is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 755 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Botetourt County. Fincastle is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town of Finc ...
: * ''The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser''. W., March – Dec. 27, 1800+


Fredericksburg

Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia: * ''The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser''. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797 – Sept. 2, 1799. * ''The Virginia Herald''. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799 – Dec. 26, 1800+ * ''The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser''. W., S.W., June 7, 1787 – Oct. 16 (?), 1795. * ''The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser''. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795 – Aug. 19, 1797.


Leesburg

Newspapers published in
Leesburg, Virginia Leesburg is a town in the state of Virginia, and the county seat of Loudoun County. Settlement in the area began around 1740, which is named for the Lee family, early leaders of the town and ancestors of Robert E. Lee. Located in the far northeas ...
: * ''The True American''. W., November 1798–1800(?)


Norfolk

Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia: * ''American Gazette''. S.W., May 6, 1796. * ''American Gazette & General Advertiser''. S.W., May 10, 1796 – Nov. 7, 1797. * ''American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser''. S.W., May 7, 1794 – Apr. 30, 1796. * ''The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser''. W., July 18, 1792 – Apr. 30, 1794. * ''Epitome of the Times''. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1800+ * ''The Herald''. T.W., Nov. 9–30, 1795. * ''The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser''. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794 – Nov. 5, 1795. * ''The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle''. W., Aug. 29, 1789 – June (?), 1792. * ''The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette''. W., Sept. 9 – Oct. 8, 1789. * ''The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal''. W., June 21, 1786 – May 13 (?), 1789. * ''Norfolk Herald''. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795 – Oct. 31, 1796. * ''The Norfolk Herald''. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798 – Dec. 29, 1800+ * ''The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser''. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796 – Feb. 17, 1798. * ''The Virginia Chronicle, & C''. S.W., Nov. 13 – Dec. 19, 1794. * ''The Virginia Chronicle, & General Advertiser''. S.W., Apr. 11 – Nov. 10, 1794. * ''Virginia Chronicle and Norfolk and Portsmouth General Advertiser''. W., July 28, 1792 – Apr. 5, 1794. * ''The Virginia Gazette''. 1775 – Feb. 3, 1776. * ''Virginia Gazette, or, Norfolk Intelligencer''. June 9 (?), 1774 – Sept. 20, 1775.


Petersburg

Newspapers published in
Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Econ ...
: * ''The Independent Ledger, and Petersburg and Blandford Public Advertiser''. W., Mar. 6 – May 8, 1793. * ''The Petersburg Intelligencer''. S.W., June 17 – Dec. 31, 1800+ * ''Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer''. W., S.W., July 6 (?), 1786 – May (?), 1800.


Richmond

Newspapers published in Richmond, Virginia: * ''The American Advertiser''. * ''The Friend of the People, A Political Paper''. Fortnightly, Jan. (?) – July (?), 1800. * ''The Observatory, or, A View of the Times''. S.W., July 3(?), 1797 – Sept. 10(?), 1798. * ''The Press''. W., Jan. 6 – Feb. 7(?) 1800. * ''The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser''. S.W., Apr. 30, 1795 – Nov. 15, 1796. * ''Richmond Chronicle''. S.W., May 23, 1795 – Aug. 27, 1796. * ''
Richmond Whig The ''Richmond Whig'' was a newspaper published in Richmond, Virginia, between 1824 and 1888. The paper had a variety of titles, and it is not easy to determine which title was published in which years: ''Constitutional Whig, Daily Richmond Whig, ...
'', under various closely related titles, 1828–1888 * ''The Virginia Argus''. S.W., Nov. 19, 1796 – Dec. 30, 1800+ * ''The Virginia Federalist''. S.W., May 25, 1799 – Aug. 2, 1800. * ''The Virginia Gazette''. W., May 9, 1780 – May 19, 1781. * ''The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser''. W., S.W., Aug. 25, 1790 – Dec. 26, 1800+ * ''The Virginia Gazette, and Independent Chronicle''. W., 1784 (?) – Sept. (?), 1789. * ''The Virginia Gazette, and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser''. S.W., Apr. 15, 1793 – Apr. 25, 1795. * ''Virginia Gazette & Richmond Chronicle''. S.W., Mar. 2, 1793 – May 19, 1795. * ''Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser''. W., Feb. 16, 1782 – Apr. 22, 1797. * ''The Virginia Gazette, or, The American Advertiser''. W., Dec. 22, 1781 – Dec. 20, 1786. *
The Virginia Independent Chronicle
'. W., July 26, 1786 – May 6, 1789. * ''The Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser''. W., May 13, 1789 – Aug. 18, 1790.


Staunton

Newspapers published in Staunton, Virginia: * ''The Staunton Gazette, or, The Western Star''. W., Feb. 5, 1790. * ''Staunton Spectator'' was being published in 1859 * ''Staunton Spy''. W., Feb. 1793 – Feb. 1, 1794.


Williamsburg

Newspapers published in
Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg is in the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is ...
: * ''
The Virginia Gazette ''The Virginia Gazette'' is the local newspaper of Williamsburg, Virginia. Established in 1930, it is named for the historical ''Virginia Gazette'' published between 1736 and 1780. It is published twice a week in the broadsheet format. Historical ...
''. 1736–1780. * '' Rind's Virginia Gazette''. W., May 16 – Sept. 12 (?), 1766.


Winchester

Newspapers published in
Winchester, Virginia Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...
: * ''Bowen's Virginia Centinel & Gazette, or, The Winchester Political Repository''. W., Apr. 1790 – Feb. 19, 1796. * ''The Virginia Centinel, or, The Winchester Mercury''. W., Apr. 2, 1788 – Apr. (?), 1790. * ''The Virginia Gazette, and Winchester Advertiser''. W., July 11, 1787 – Apr. 23, 1788. * ''Virginia Gazette, or, The Winchester Advertiser''. W., Apr. 30, 1788 – Sept. 9, 1789. * ''Winchester Gazette''. W., 1798 (?) – Dec. 31, 1800+


See also

* Virginia media **
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List of television stations in Virginia This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of Virginia. ''See also List of television stations in Washington, D.C.'' Full-power stations VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the ...
** Media of
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in Virginia: Chesapeake,
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Newport News Newport News () is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the Uni ...
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Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, Richmond, Roanoke,
Virginia Beach Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city ...
* Journalism: ** :Journalists from Virginia **
Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia ...
Robertson School of Media and Culture (est. 1978), in Richmond * Virginia literature


References


Bibliography

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* * * ** Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr., 1901), pp. 337-346 (Alexandria etc.
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** Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr., 1902) *** pp. 1-11 *** pp. 130-138 *** pp. 289-297 *** pp. 411-413 (Warrenton etc.
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** Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr., 1903) *** pp. 225-229 *** pp. 421-423 (Richmond etc.
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* * * Lester J. Cappon. Virginia Newspapers, 1821–1935: A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. New York: Appleton-Century Co., 1936. * * Harrison A. Trexler. "The Davis Administration and the Richmond Press, 1861–1865," Journal of Southern History, 16 (May 1950), 177–195. * Ted Tunnell. "A 'Patriotic Press': Virginia's Confederate Newspapers, 1861–1865," in William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr., eds., Virginia at War: 1864. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009, 35–50.


External links

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Bibliography of American Newspapers cataloged and inventoried by the Virginia Newspaper Project
(Database searchable by locale) * * (Directory ceased in 2017) * (Includes Virginia newspapers) * * * * * * * {{Newspapers in the United States
Newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...