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''The Washington Informer'' is a weekly newspaper published in
''The Washington Informer'' is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C.
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''The Informer'' is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ...
population of the D.C. metropolitan area. The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994), founded the paper in 1964.
At the 2011 Second Annual Ethnic Media Awards competition, the ''Informer'' received first-place honors for feature writing and local news.
Statistics
* Total circulation: 50,000 ** District of Columbia **Prince George's County
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, demonym = Prince Georgian
, ZIP codes = 20607–20774
, area codes = 240, 301
, founded date = April 23
, founded year = 1696
, named for = Prince George of Denmark
, leader_title = Executive
, leader_name = Angela D. Alsobrook ...
** Montgomery County
** Northern Virginia
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* Trade association memberships
** National Newspaper Publishers Association
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), formerly the National Negro Publishers Association, is an association of African American newspaper publishers from across the United States.
History
The NNPA was founded in 1940 when John H ...
(NNPA)
** Newspaper Association of America (NAA)
** Maryland, Delaware DC Press Association (MDDC)
See also
* Wilhelmina Rolark, former owner of the paperReferences
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