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Daily, weekly and other newspapers (currently published)


University newspapers

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Brackety-Ack
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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 p ...
* '' 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 Col ...
* '' The Broadside'' — student newspaper of
George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was orig ...
* '' 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 Washin ...
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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 mil ...
* '' 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 Englis ...
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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 ...
* '' Collegiate Times'' — 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'' — 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 Fourth Estate - student newspaper at
George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was orig ...
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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 III ...
* '' The Hampden-Sydney Tiger'' — student newspaper of
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden Sydney is a census-designated place (CDP) in 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-male college that is the tenth ...
* '' The Hampton Script'' — student newspaper of
Hampton University Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association a ...
* '' 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 St ...
* '' 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 , mottoeng = Not Self, But Others , established = , type = Private college , president = David L. Johns , city = Ferrum, Virginia , country = U.S. , ...
* '' The Liberty Champion'' — student newspaper of
Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a Private university, 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 ...
* '' 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 wit ...
* '' The Marlin Chronicle'' — student newspaper of Virginia Wesleyan College * '' 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 = Lexingt ...
* '' The Rotunda'' — student newspaper of
Longwood University Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1839, it is the third-oldest public university in Virginia and one of the hundred oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. Previously a college, Lo ...
* '' 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 Radford University is a public university in Radford, Virginia. It is one of the state's eight doctorate-granting public universities. Founded in 1910, Radford offers curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, graduate programs incl ...
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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'' was ...
'' — student newspaper of the
University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as part of his "academical ...

''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 holders ...
* '' 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. Th ...
: * ''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 Stat ...
: * ''The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository''. W., Sept. 29, 1791 – Dec. 19, 1793.


Fincastle

Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia: * ''The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser''. W., March – Dec. 27, 1800+


Fredericksburg

Newspapers published in
Fredericksburg, Virginia Fredericksburg is an independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,982. The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce combines the city of Fredericksburg with ...
: * ''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 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 ...
: * ''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 in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg (along with the city of Colonial Heights) with Di ...
: * ''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
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: * ''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'', 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 Staunton ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,750. In Virginia, independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them, so the government of ...
: * ''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 b ...
: * ''
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 with ...
: * ''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 ** List of radio stations in Virginia ** List of television stations in Virginia ** Media of
cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in Virginia:
Chesapeake Chesapeake often refers to: *Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian * The Chesapeake, a.k.a. Chesapeake Bay *Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula Chesapeake may also refer to: Populated plac ...
, Hampton,
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 Unit ...
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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 N ...
, Richmond,
Roanoke Roanoke may refer to: Places *Roanoke Colony, a former English colony that mysteriously disappeared *Roanoke Island, the location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina *Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and e ...
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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 cit ...
* 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. 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 are ...