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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, there were approximately 75 newspapers in print in the District. [1] [2]
Although Washington was home to abolitionist papers prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865), the first known newspaper published by and for African Americans in the District of Columbia was the New Era, which Frederick Douglass launched in 1870. Notable newspapers in Washington today include the Washington Afro-American and Washington Informer.
The daily Washington Times and the free weekly Washington City Paper also have readership in the District. On February 1, 2005, the free daily tabloid Washington Examiner debuted, having been formed from a chain of suburban newspapers known as the Journal Newspapers.
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The newspaper was founded in 1892 by Civil War veteran Sgt. John H. Murphy, Sr. Murphy merged his church publication, The Sunday School Helper, with two other church publications, The Ledger and The Afro-American, and the publication rose to prominence under the control of his tenth-born child, Carl J. G. Murphy, who served as its editor for 45 years.
The publications group provided readers with the latest news from the District of Columbia government, local government including Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC), citizens organizations, and other community news, sports, events, and entertainment for areas served since 1967.
The Express was a free daily newspaper, distributed in the Washington metropolitan area. It was a publication of The Washington Post. As of 2017, it had the second-highest circulation in the District of Columbia after The Washington Post, and was read by 239,500 people every day. [3]: 14 The final issue was published on September 12, 2019.
Alexandria, District of Columbia: 1802 1805 OCLC 12656722, ISSN 2574-9765: Succeeded by the Alexandria Expositor: Alexandria Gazette [22] Alexandria: 1834 1974 Began as Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette in 1792 [20] [23] Arlington Daily [24] Arlington: 1939 1951 Broadside: Fairfax: 1963 2013 Former student newspaper of George Mason University