The ''New Journal and Guide'' is a regional weekly newspaper based in

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...

, and serving the

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area. The weekly focuses on local and national African-American news, sports, and issues and has been in circulation since 1900.

History

Begun in Norfolk in 1900 by the Supreme Lodge Knights of Gideon, a Black fraternal order, it was originally called the Gideon Safe Guide. The name later was changed to the Lodge Norfolk and Guide, and from 1910 to 1991, it was called both the ''Norfolk Journal and Guide'' and the ''Journal and Guide''. Since 1991, it has been called the ''New Journal and Guide''. By the time World War II was under way, the ''Journal and Guide'' was the largest Black employer in the South. Circulation soared to over 100,000 and the paper was the only one south of the Mason–Dixon line to carry a national edition. It won four consecutive Wendell Willkie awards for outstanding journalism. Along with the '' Chicago Defender'', the '' Baltimore Afro-American'' and the '' Pittsburgh Courier'', the ''Journal and Guide'' took the lead in informing the Black community on events as they related to such issues as housing and job discrimination among Black soldiers. At that time, the ''Guide'' ranked fourth in circulation among Black newspapers in the United States. Many persons have made contributions to the continuing publication of the ''Journal and Guide'' tradition, notably

P. B. Young Plummer Bernard Young Sr. (July 27, 1884 – October 9, 1962), better known as P. B. Young was a newspaper editor, publisher, community leader, and founder of the '' Norfolk Journal and Guide''. He was African American. Early life and education P ...

, Sr. (the founding publisher who served more than 50 years and for whom a Norfolk public housing community is named), Thomas Young, P. B. Young, Jr., Bernard Young, Southall Bass, John Q. Jordan, John Hinton, Dr. Gordon B. Hancock, Dr. Milton A. Reid, James N. Rhea, and Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett. The ''New Journal and Guide'' publishes each Thursday and has a readership that extends throughout the United States and abroad. The current publisher and owner is Brenda H. Andrews, who is also the company president.

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