List of newspapers in West Virginia

This is a list of newspapers in West Virginia, sorted by location.

Daily and nondaily newspapers

Title Locale Year est. Frequency Publisher/parent company Notes
Barbour Democrat Philippi 1893[1] Nondaily
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield 1893[2] Daily CNHI, LLC[3]
Braxton Citizens' News Sutton 1976[4] Nondaily
Braxton Democrat Sutton 1883[5] Nondaily
Brooke County Review Wellsburg 1911[6][7] Nondaily
Calhoun Chronicle Grantsville 1883[8] Nondaily
Charleston Gazette-Mail Charleston 1872[9][10] Tue - Sun HD Media[11] Major newspaper[12]
Clay Free Press Clay 1905[13] Nondaily
Coal Valley News Madison 1925[14] Nondaily HD Media[15]
Doddridge Independent West Union Nondaily
Dominion Post Morgantown 1863[16] Daily Major newspaper
Exponent-Telegram Clarksburg 1874[17] Daily
Fayette Tribune Oak Hill 1883[18] M/Th
Glenville Democrat Glenville 1904[19] Nondaily
Glenville Pathfinder Glenville 1892[20] Nondaily
Good News Paper Shepherdstown 1979[21] Nondaily
Grant County Press Petersburg 1896[22] Nondaily
Greenbrier Valley Ranger Lewisburg Nondaily
Hashtag Lewisburg WV City Paper Lewisburg 2012 Monthly Publisher City paper
Hampshire Review Romney 1884[23] Nondaily
Herald Record West Union 1885[24] Nondaily
Herald-Dispatch Huntington Daily Major newspaper[12]
Intelligencer Wheeling 1852[12] Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25] Major newspaper
Inter-Mountain Elkins Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25]
Jackson County Citizen Ripley Nondaily
Jackson Herald Ripley Nondaily GateHouse Media[26]
Jackson Star News Ravenswood Nondaily
Journal Martinsburg Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25]
Logan Banner Logan Daily HD Media
Mineral Daily News-Tribune Keyser Daily GateHouse Media[26]
Monroe Watchman Union
Morgan Messenger Berkeley Springs Nondaily
Moundsville Daily Echo Moundsville Daily
Mountain Messenger Lewisburg Nondaily
Mountain Statesman Grafton Nondaily
Nicholas Chronicle Summersville 1880[27] Nondaily
The Observer Shepherdstown Monthly
Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25] Major newspaper[12]
Pendleton Times Franklin 1913 Weekly Pendleton Times LLC
Pennsboro News Pennsboro Nondaily
Pleasants County Leader St. Marys Nondaily
Pocahontas Times Marlinton Nondaily
Point Pleasant Register Point Pleasant 1862[12] Daily
Princeton Times Princeton Nondaily [3] CNHI, LLC
Putnam Standard Culloden Nondaily
Record Delta Buckhannon Nondaily
Register-Herald Beckley 1985 Daily [3]CNHI, LLC Major newspaper[12]
Ritchie Gazette Harrisville Nondaily
Sentinel Salem Nondaily
Shepherdstown Chronicle Shepherdstown Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25]
Shinnston News & Harrison County Journal Shinnston Nondaily
Spirit of Jefferson and Farmer's Advocate Charles Town 1844 Nondaily
St. Marys Oracle St. Marys Nondaily
State Journal Charleston Nondaily
Sunday News-Register Wheeling Daily
Times West Virginian Fairmont Daily CNHI, LLC[3] Major newspaper
Tyler Star News Sistersville Nondaily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25]
Wayne County News Wayne Daily
Weirton Daily Times Weirton Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25]
Welch News Welch Nondaily
West Virginia Daily News Lewisburg Daily
West Virginia Queer News Parkersburg Daily
Wetzel Chronicle New Martinsville Nondaily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25]
Wheeling News-Register Wheeling Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc.[25] Major newspaper
Williamson Daily News Williamson Daily HD Media
Wirt County Journal Elizabeth 1908 Daily
WV Statewide News Charleston 2022 Nondaily MediaWorx WV's Conservative News Source

College newspapers

Marshall University, Huntington

West Virginia University, Morgantown

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown

Defunct newspapers

Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Frequency
Cabell Standard Culloden 2015 Nondaily
Charleston Advocate Charleston Vol. 9 was published in 1910. Weekly
Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser Romney 1850 1861[30] Nondaily

See also

U.S. newspapers

References

  1. ^ "About Barbour Democrat". Chronicling America. Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "About Bluefield Daily Telegraph". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  3. ^ a b c d Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: West Virginia, Montgomery, Alabama, retrieved April 10, 2017
  4. ^ "New Braxton County Weekly Begins Publication on Monday". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Charleston, West Virginia. 8 February 1976.
  5. ^ "About Braxton Democrat". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  6. ^ "About Mill Town Review". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  7. ^ "[Plate]". Brooke County Review. 11 August 1994.
  8. ^ "About Calhoun Chronicle". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  9. ^ "About The Kanawha Chronicle". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  10. ^ "Our History". Charleston Gazette-Mail.
  11. ^ "Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Gazette-Mail to HD Media". Charleston Gazette-Mail. 9 March 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d e f Harold Malcolm Forbes. "Newspapers". West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  13. ^ "About Clay County Free Press". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  14. ^ "About Coal Valley News". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  15. ^ "About Us". Coal Valley News.
  16. ^ "About Morgantown Monitor". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspaper. Library of Congress.
  17. ^ "About The Clarksburg Telegram". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  18. ^ "About Fayette democrat. (Fayetteville, W. Va.) 1883-189?Fayetteville, W. Va. (1883-189?)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  19. ^ "About The Glenville democrat. (Glenville, W. Va.)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  20. ^ "About The Glenville pathfinder. (Glenville, W. Va.)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Summer 2018 Issue". Good News Paper.
  22. ^ "About Grant County press. (Petersburg, W. Va.)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  23. ^ "About The Hampshire review". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  24. ^ "About West Union herald". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ogden Newspapers Inc., Locations: West Virginia, Wheeling, WV, retrieved March 27, 2017
  26. ^ a b GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: West Virginia, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
  27. ^ "The Nicholas Chronicle". nicholaschronicle.com.
  28. ^ "WVU student newspaper to stop printing daily". Charleston Gazette-Mail. 29 May 2016.
  29. ^ "The Picket". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  30. ^ "US Newspaper Directory: West Virginia". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  31. ^ "Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications". W. Page Pitt School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Huntington, WV: Marshall University. Retrieved March 22, 2017.

Bibliography

  • S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: West Virginia". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
  • "West Virginia". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 1084+. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a – via HathiTrust.
  • "West Virginia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 1043+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
  • Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 112+, ISBN 9781603540476 – via Google Books
  • Otis K. Rice (July 1953). "West Virginia Printers and their Work, 1790-1830". West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X.
  • Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive.
  • G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia". Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. p. 886. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about newspapers)
  • Harold M. Forbes (1981), "The Press and Printing" (PDF), West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research, West Virginia University Press
  • Harold M. Forbes (1989). West Virginia Newspapers, 1790-1990: A Union List. Morgantown: West Virginia University Library. OCLC 20336545.
  • Betty L. Powell Hart (1991). "Spicy Editorials and Fearless Sayings: The Black Press in West Virginia". Appalachian Heritage. 19 (4): 51–55. doi:10.1353/aph.1991.0120. S2CID 201761388.
  • Edgar Simpson (2011). "Pressing the Press". Journalism History. 36. (About newspaper industry in W. Virginia)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of West Virginia.
  • "West Virginia Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University. Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
  • West Virginia State Archives. "Newspapers on Microfilm". West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
  • University of Florida. "West Virginia". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
  • "West Virginia". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
  • "West Virginia Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.
  • "United States: West Virginia". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001.
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