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]
Title | Year est. | Owner | Print daily circulation | References |
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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 |
Title | Year est., freq. | Interest | References |
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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 |
Title | Year est. | Frequency, owner | Area | References |
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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] |
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 Washington Afro-American newspaper is the Washington, D.C., edition of The Afro-American Newspaper.
The Washington Bee was a Washington, D.C.-based American weekly newspaper founded in 1882 and primarily read by African Americans. Throughout almost all of its forty-year history, it was edited by African American lawyer-journalist William Calvin Chase. The newspaper was aligned with the Republican Party. It was published, with gaps in 1893 and 1895, until 1922, shortly after editor Chase's death.
The following is a timeline of the history of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
More than 405 newspapers were founded in Washington, D.C., during the 18th and 19th centuries. They included daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers, mostly published in English, with a few in German and one in French. Many reported on news of national government affairs, since Washington, D.C., is the capital seat of the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson helped establish some of the early newspapers. During the American Civil War, some newspapers were founded and published in military camps and hospitals within Washington, D.C., including Brookland, Tenleytown, Carver General Hospital, Finley General Hospital, Armory Square Hospital, and Kalorama. Most of these newspapers ceased publication before 1900, but a few survived to the 20th century, including the Evening Star, and at least one to the 21st century: The Washington Post.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet