List of newspapers in Louisiana
This is a list of newspapers in Louisiana.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)[]
| Title | Locale | Year est. | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Acadiana | |||
| The Town Talk | Alexandria | Gannett Company[1] | ||
| Bastrop Daily Enterprise | Bastrop | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Advocate | Baton Rouge | 1908[3] | Georges Media Group | |
| Bernice | ||||
| Bossier Press-Tribune | Bossier City | |||
| Beauregard Daily News | DeRidder | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Donaldsonville Chief | Donaldsonville | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Farmerville | ||||
| Franklinton | ||||
| Gonzales | GateHouse Media[2] | |||
| Daily Star | Hammond | |||
| Courier | Houma | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Daily Advertiser | Lafayette | 1865[3] | Gannett Company[1] | |
| Lake Charles | ||||
| Leesville Daily Leader | Leesville | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Avoyelles Journal | Marksville | |||
| Minden | ||||
| News-Star | Monroe | Gannett Company[1] | ||
| Natchitoches | ||||
| New Orleans Tribune | New Orleans | 1985 | ||
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate | New Orleans | 1837[4] | Georges Media Group | Began as Picayune in 1837; merged with Times-Democrat in 1914 to form Times-Picayune, merged with New Orleans edition of The Advocate in 2019 |
| New Roads, Louisiana | 1880 | |||
| Daily World | Opelousas | Gannett Company[1] | ||
| Plaquemine | GateHouse Media[2] | |||
| Ruston Daily Leader | Ruston | |||
| Times | Shreveport | 1871[3] | Gannett Company[1] | |
| Shreveport | 1997 [3] | [1] | ||
| North Quachita Weekly | Sterlington | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Southwest Daily News | Sulphur | |||
| Daily Comet | Thibodaux | GateHouse Media[2] | ||
| Ouachita Citizen | West Monroe | Hanna Publishing | ||
| The Franklin Sun | Winnsboro | Hanna Publishing | Covering all communities and municipalities in Franklin Parish |
University newspapers[]
- Louisiana State University – The Daily Reveille
- Louisiana Tech University – The Tech Talk
- McNeese State University –
- Tulane University – The Hullabaloo
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette –
- Xavier University of Louisiana –
- Southeastern Louisiana University - The Lion’s Roar
- Southern University - The Southern Digest
- Grambling State University - The Gramblinite
Defunct newspapers[]
| Title | Locale | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily States[4] | New Orleans | 1880 | Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960[3] | |
| New Orleans Bee | New Orleans | 1827[4] | 1923[5] | Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans |
| New Orleans Republican | New Orleans | 1867 | 1878 | |
| Courrier de la Louisiane | 1807 | 1860[5] | ||
| The Louisianan | 1870 | 1871 | ||
| New Orleans Item-Tribune | New Orleans | 1924 | 1958 | Began as Daily City Item in 1877[4] |
| New Orleans Tribune | New Orleans | 1864 | 1870[6] |
See also[]
- Louisiana media
- List of radio stations in Louisiana
- List of television stations in Louisiana
- Media of locales in Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport, Terrebonne Parish
- Category:Journalists from Louisiana
- Literature of Louisiana
- List of French-language newspapers published in the United States
- Fake news websites in the United States
U.S. newspapers
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References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Louisiana, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g h i GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Louisiana, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ a b c d e "US Newspaper Directory: Louisiana". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. Vol. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436.
Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ^ "New Orleans Tribune", Congressional Record, Washington DC, July 23, 2014
Bibliography[]
- "List of Newspapers and Periodicals Printed Wholly or in Part in Languages Other Than English: French: Louisiana", Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory, New York: Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 1880
- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Louisiana". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
- James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Louisiana", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, OCLC 219597043
- "Louisiana". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 377+.
- "Louisiana". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 385+.
- John S. Kendall (1929). "Foreign Language Press of New Orleans". Louisiana Historical Quarterly. 12.
- Edward Larocque Tinker (1932), "Bibliography of the French newspapers and periodicals of Louisiana" (PDF), Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol. 42 (Issue also includes other lists related to Louisiana newspapers)
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers and Radio", Louisiana: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, NY: Hastings House, pp. 134–140 – via HathiTrust
- Works Progress Administration (1941). Louisiana newspapers, 1794-1940: a union list of Louisiana newspaper files available in offices of publishers, libraries, and private collections in Louisiana. Louisiana State University – via HathiTrust.
- John S. Kendall (1946). "New Orleans Newspapermen of Yesterday". Louisiana Historical Quarterly. 29.
- Edward Larocque Tinker (1951), "Two-Gun Journalism in New Orleans" (PDF), Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol. 61
- Raymond R. MacCurdy (1954). "Tentative Bibliography of the Spanish-Language Press in Louisiana, 1808-1871". The Americas. Academy of American Franciscan History. 10 (3): 307–329. doi:10.2307/977937. JSTOR 977937.
- G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: Louisiana". Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. p. 848+. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about newspapers)
External links[]
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- "LPA's Membership". Baton Rouge: Louisiana Press Association. (List of newspapers)
- "Louisiana Newspapers". Louisiana State University Libraries.
- "Louisiana Information Sources". Research Guides. Tulane University Libraries. (Includes information about newspapers)
- "Spanish Language Press in New Orleans". Research Guides. Tulane University Libraries.
- "Louisiana". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review.
- "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Louisiana". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- "Louisiana Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
- "Southeast". Historical African American Newspapers Available Online. Subject Guides. Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College Library. (Includes Louisiana newspapers)
- International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Louisiana". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.
- University of Florida. "Louisiana". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
- "Louisiana". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
- "Louisiana Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on February 26, 2000.
- "United States: Louisiana". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 20, 2001.
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