This is a list of newspapers in Louisiana.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)
[edit]University newspapers
[edit]- Louisiana State University – The Daily Reveille
- Louisiana Tech University – The Tech Talk
- McNeese State University – The Contraband
- Northwestern State University - The Current Sauce
- Tulane University – The Hullabaloo
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette – The Vermilion
- Xavier University of Louisiana – The Xavier Herald
- Southeastern Louisiana University - The Lion’s Roar
- Southern University - The Southern Digest
- Grambling State University - The Gramblinite
Defunct newspapers
[edit]Title | Locale | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Avoyelles Pelican | Marksville | 1859 | 186? | [5] |
Bastrop Daily Enterprise | Bastrop | 1904 | 2019[6] | |
Baton-Rouge Gazette | 1819 | 1856 | [7] | |
Baton Rouge State-Times | 1904 | 1991 | [8] | |
Bogalusa Enterprise | 1914 | 1918 | [9] | |
Daily States[4] | New Orleans | 1880 | Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960[2] | |
Gazette and Sentinel | Plaquemine | 1858 | 1864 | [10] |
Houma Courier | 1878 | 1939 | [11] | |
The Independent | Lafayette | 2003 | 2017[12] | |
Lafayette Advertiser | 1865 | 19?? | [13] | |
Louisiana Cotton-Boll | Lafayette | 1872 | 1883 | [14] |
Le Louisianais | Convent | 1865 | 1883 | [15] |
Lower Coast Gazette | Pointe à la Hache | 1909 | 1925 | [16] |
The Lumberjack | Alexandria | 1913 | 1913 | [17] |
The Meridional | Abbeville | 1856 | 1906 | [18] |
Le Meschacébé | Lucy | 1853 | 1942 | [19] |
Le Messager | Bringier | 1846 | 1860 | [20] |
Natchitoches Union | 1859 | 1864 | [21] | |
New Orleans Bee | New Orleans | 1827[4] | 1923[22] | Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans |
New Orleans Republican | New Orleans | 1867 | 1878 | |
North Ouachita Weekly | Sterlington | 2019[23] | ||
Courrier de la Louisiane | 1807 | 1860[22] | ||
The Louisianan | 1870 | 1871 | ||
New Iberia Enterprise | 1885 | 1902 | [24] | |
New Orleans Item-Tribune | New Orleans | 1924 | 1958 | Began as Daily City Item in 1877[4] |
L'Abeille (The New Orleans Bee) | New Orleans | 1827 | 1923 | |
New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin | New Orleans | 1832 | 1871 | [25] |
New Orleans States-Item | New Orleans | 1958 | 1980 | [26] |
The New Orleans Tribune | New Orleans | 1864 | 1870[27] | |
Opelousas Courier | Opelousas | 1852 | 1910 | [28] |
Opelousas Journal | Opelousas | 1868 | 1878 | [29] |
Opelousas Patriot | Opelousas | 1855 | 1863 | [29] |
El Pelayo | New Orleans | 1851 | 1852 | [30] |
Pioneer of Assumption | Napoleonville | 185? | 1895 | [31] |
Planters' Banner | Franklin | 1849 | 1872 | [32] |
Pointe Coupee Democrat | New Roads | 1858 | 1862 | [33] |
La Sentinelle de Thibodaux | 1861 | 1866 | [34] | |
The Shreveport Journal | Shreveport | 1897 | 1991 | |
St. Landry Clarion | Opelousas | 1890 | 1921 | |
The Voice of the People | New Orleans | 1913 | 19?? | [35] |
Weekly Louisianian | New Orleans | 1872 | 1882 | [36] |
See also
[edit]- Louisiana media
- Category:Journalists from Louisiana
- Literature of Louisiana
- List of French-language newspapers published in the United States
U.S. newspapers
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Louisiana, McLean, Virginia, 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 e GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Louisiana, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 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. hdl:2027/yale.39002004114386.
Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
- ^ "About The Avoyelles pelican. volume (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ Robinson, Perry. "Private group plans to save dying Bastrop newspaper". KNOE. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "About Baton-Rouge gazette. volume (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819–1856". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About State times advocate. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1913–1991 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- ^ "Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94". New York Times. 29 March 2017.
- ^ "About Gazette and sentinel. volume (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville, La.) 1858–1864". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878–1939". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "IND Media closing The Independent, suspending ABiz and The Current". The Independent. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "About The Lafayette advertiser. (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About The Louisiana cotton-boll. volume (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872–1883". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Le Louisianais. volume (Convent, La.) 1865–1883". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Lower coast gazette. (Pointe-a-la-Hache, La.) 1909–1925". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About The Lumberjack. volume (Alexandria, La.) 1913-1913". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "About The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856–1906". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Le Meschacébé. ([Lucy] La.) 1853–1942". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Le messager. volume (Bringier, Paroisse Saint-Jacques, Louisiane) 1846–1860". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Natchitoches union. volume ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859–1864". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ^ Bolden, Bonnie. "Bastrop Daily Enterprise, North Ouachita Weekly News to cease operations". The News-Star. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "About New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885–1902". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "New-Orleans commercial bulletin". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ "About The States-item. (New Orleans, La.) 1970–1980 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- ^ "New Orleans Tribune", Congressional Record, Washington DC, July 23, 2014
- ^ "About The Opelousas courier. (Opelousas, La.) 1852–1910". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ a b "About The Opelousas journal. volume (Opelousas, La.) 1868–1878". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About El Pelayo. (Nueva-Orleans [i.e. New Orleans, La.) 1851–1852". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "About Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?–1895". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About The Planters' banner. (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849–1872". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About Pointe Coupee Democrat. volume (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858–1862". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About La sentinelle de Thibodaux. volume (Thibodaux, La.) 1861–1866". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "About The Voice of the people. volume (New Orleans, La.) 1913–19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "About The weekly Louisianian. volume (New Orleans, La.) 1872–1882". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
Bibliography
[edit]- "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, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
- "Louisiana". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 377+. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a.
- "Louisiana". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 385+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
- 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, hdl:2027/uc1.$b727648 – 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. 10 (3). Academy of American Franciscan History: 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
[edit]- "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.