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This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. state of Georgia.

List of newspapers

Title Locale Year est. Frequency Publisher/parent company Notes
Advance Vidalia
Albany Herald Albany Sunday - Friday Southern Community Newspapers, Inc. (SCNI) Newspaper in Albany, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Alma Times Alma Weekly
Athens Banner-Herald [1] Athens Daily Morris Communications Company [2]
Americus Times-Recorder Americus Daily
Atkinson County Citizen Atkinson Weekly
Atlanta Daily World Atlanta Weekly
Atlanta Inquirer Atlanta Weekly
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta 1868 [3] Daily [4] Began as Constitution in 1868; merged with Journal in 2001 to form Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Voice Atlanta 1966 Weekly
Augusta Chronicle [1] Augusta 1785 [3] Daily Morris Communications Company [2] Began as Augusta Gazette in 1785
The Augusta Press Augusta 2021 Daily
Barnesville Herald-Gazette Barnesville 1867 Weekly
Berrien Press Nashville Weekly
Blackshear Times Blackshear Weekly
Brunswick News Brunswick Daily
Bryan County News Fitzgerald Weekly
Cairo Messenger Cairo
Calhoun Times Calhoun 1870 Weekly Times-Journal Inc
Camilla Enterprise Camilla
Catoosa County News Ringgold Weekly
Champion Newspaper Decatur Weekly
Charlton County Herald Folkston Weekly
Cherokee Tribune & Ledger Canton Daily
Citizen Fayetteville Weekly
Clayton News Jonesboro 1950 Wednesday Times-Journal Inc Published once a week newspaper in Clayton County, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Clayton Tribune Clayton, Georgia Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
Clinch County News Homerville Weekly
Coastal Courier Hinesville, Georgia Weekly
Cochran Journal Cochran Weekly
Colonnade Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville Weekly
Cordele Dispatch Cordele Tuesdays-Fridays & Sundays
Courier Herald Dublin 1876 Weekly
Covington News Covington Wednesday, Friday & Sunday
Creative Loafing Atlanta Weekly
The Crossroads Chronicle Swainsboro Wednesday
CrossRoadsNews South DeKalb/East Metro Atlanta Weekly
The Dahlonega Nugget Dahlonega Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
Daily Citizen Dalton Daily Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [5]
Daily Tribune News Cartersville Daily
Dawson County News Dawsonville Weekly
Dodge County News Eastman Weekly
Donalsonville News Donalsonville
Douglas Enterprise Douglas Weekly
Dunwoody Crier Alpharetta Weekly Appen Media Group
Early County News Blakely
Effingham Herald Rincon Weekly
Elberton Star Elberton Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
Fannin Sentinel Blue Ridge Weekly
Forest-Blade Swainsboro Weekly
Forsyth County News Wed/Fri/Sun
Franklin County Citizen-Leader Lavonia Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
Fulton County Daily Report [1] Atlanta
George-Anne Georgia Southern University, Statesboro Weekly
Georgia Fire News Georgia
Georgia Post Roberta Weekly
Gwinnett Daily Post Lawrenceville Wednesday, Friday & Sunday Times-Journal Inc Newspaper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Hartwell Sun Hartwell Community Newspapers, Inc.
Henry Herald McDonough 1847 Wednesday, Saturday/Sunday Times-Journal Inc Henry County’s News Source Since 1874. Published twice weekly newspaper in McDonough, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Herald-Leader Fitzgerald Weekly
Houston Home Journal Perry Weekly
Jackson Herald Jefferson Weekly MainStreet Newspapers Inc.
Jackson Progress-Argus Jackson Wednesday Times-Journal Inc Newspaper in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Jeff Davis Ledger Hazlehurst Weekly
Jones County News Gray 1895 Weekly
LaGrange Daily News LaGrange
Lake Oconee Breeze Milledgeville Weekly
Lanier County News Lakeland Weekly
Lee County Ledger Leesburg 1978 Weekly
Ledger-Enquirer [1] Columbus 1828 [3] Daily McClatchy Company [6] Began as Columbus Enquirer in 1828, became daily Ledger-Enquirer in 1988
Marietta Daily Journal Marietta
Miller County Liberal Colquitt
Morgan County Citizen Madison
Metter Advertiser Metter Weekly
Monticello News Monticello Weekly
Moultrie Observer Moultrie Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [5]
Newnan Times-Herald Newnan
News-Observer Blue Ridge Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
News-Reporter Washington Weekly Wilkes Publishing Co., Inc. Merger of The Washington News and The Washington Reporter
Northeast Georgian Cornelia Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
North Georgia News Blairsville 1909 [7] Weekly Kenneth West
Ocilla Star Ocilla
Pelham Journal Pelham
Post-Searchlight Bainbridge
The Press-Sentinel Jesup Community Newspapers, Inc.
Quitman Free Press Quitman Weekly
Red and Black University of Georgia, Athens Weekly
Rockdale-Newton Citizen Conyers Wednesday & Sunday Times-Journal Inc Newspaper in Conyers, Georgia, United States, and serves as Rockdale county's official legal organ.
Rockdale News Conyers Saturday
Rome News-Tribune Rome Daily
Savannah Morning News [1] Savannah 1850 [3] Daily Morris Communications Company [2]
Statesboro Herald Statesboro Daily
Sylvester Local News Sylvester 1884 Weekly
Technique Georgia Tech, Atlanta Weekly
Telegraph [1] Macon Daily McClatchy Company [6]
Thomasville Times-Enterprise Thomasville Daily Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [5]
Tifton Gazette Tifton Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [5]
Times-Courier Ellijay 1875 Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
Times-Georgian Carrollton Daily
Toccoa Record Toccoa 1873 [8] Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
Towns County Herald Hiawassee 1928 [9] Weekly
Tribune and Georgian St. Marys Weekly Community Newspapers, Inc.
True Citizen Waynesboro Weekly
Union Recorder Milledgeville Daily Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [5]
Valdosta Daily Times Valdosta Daily Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [5]
Waycross Journal Herald Waycross Daily
Wheeler County Eagle Alamo
White County News Cleveland Community Newspapers, Inc.
Wiregrass Farmer Ashburn
Today News Africa Georgia 2014 Daily TNA, LLC African-American online and Newspaper


18th century

Newspapers published in 18th-century Augusta, Georgia
  • Augusta Herald. W., July 17, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+ [10]
  • Georgia. The Augusta Chronicle And Gazette Of The State. W., Apr. 11, 1789-Dec. 27, 1800+ [10] [11]
  • The Georgia State Gazette, Or, Independent Register. W., Sept. 30, 1786-Apr. 11, 1789. [10]
  • Southern Centinel And Gazette Of The State. W., Dec. 5, 1793-Nov. 7, 1799. [10]
Newspapers published in 18th-century Savannah, Georgia
  • Columbian Museum & Savannah Advertiser. S.W., Mar. 4, 1796-Dec. 29, 1800+ [10]
  • The Gazette Of The State Of Georgia. W., Jan. 30, 1783-Oct. 16, 1788. [10]
  • The Georgia Gazette. W., Apr. 7, 1763-Feb. 7, 1776. [10] [12]
  • Georgia Gazette. W., Oct. 23, 1788-Dec. 25, 1800+ [10]
  • The Royal Georgia Gazette. W., Jan. 21, 1779-June 6, 1782. [10]

Defunct

Title Locale Year est. Ceased Notes
Atlanta Georgian Atlanta 1906 [3] 1939 [13]
Atlanta Southern Confederacy
Colored American Augusta 1865 [14]
Columbus Messenger Columbus 1887 [14]
Daily Intelligencer Atlanta
Daily Sun
Great Speckled Bird Atlanta
Luminary
Milledgeville Federal Union Milledgeville Was being published in 1835.
Savannah Georgian Savannah Was being published in 1834; in Newspaperarchive
The Macon News Macon 1884 1983 Merged into The Telegraph
Union Sentinel Blairsville 2001 [15] 2012 [16]


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Newspaper Directory". Atlanta: Georgia Press Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Daily Newspapers". Augusta, Georgia: Morris Communications Company. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. Vol. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. hdl: 2027/yale.39002004114386. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2017-03-23. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
  4. ^ "U.S. Daily Newspapers, 2012". World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014. USA: World Almanac Books. ISSN  0084-1382. {{ cite book}}: |journal= ignored ( help) via Google Books Archived 2023-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c d e f Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Georgia, Montgomery, Alabama, archived from the original on April 8, 2017, retrieved March 27, 2017
  6. ^ a b "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "North Georgia News". Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  8. ^ "About Us". The Toccoa Record. Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Towns County Herald (Hiawassee, Towns County, Ga.) 1928-Current". Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Georgia". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  11. ^ Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  12. ^ Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America, 2nd ed. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  13. ^ "US Newspaper Directory: Georgia". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  14. ^ a b Irvine Garland Penn (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Massachusetts: Willey and Co.
  15. ^ "Union Sentinel Newspaper". United States (USA) Business Database. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  16. ^ "Union Sentinel". MondoTimes. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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