This is a list of newspapers in Mississippi.
Daily and nondaily newspapers (currently published)
edit| Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi-D'Iberville Press | Biloxi/D'Iberville | 200? | Weekly[1] | Bay Newspapers, Inc | OCLC 191850671 |
| Brookhaven Daily Leader | Brookhaven | 1968 | Daily | Southwest Pub. | OCLC Preceding |
| Canton News | Canton | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper | |
| Clarion-Ledger | Jackson/statewide | 1941 | Daily | Gannett Company[2] | OCLC 8674244 |
| Clarksdale Press Register | Clarksdale | 1949 | Daily | Delta Press Pub. Co. | OCLC 15003806 |
| The Clinton Courier | Clinton | Bi-monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper | |
| Columbian-Progress | Columbia | 1935 | Bi-weekly | Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. | |
| Columbus Commercial | Columbus | 1893-1922 | Daily | J.T. Senter | OCLC 15049956[3] |
| The Commercial Dispatch | Columbus | Daily | |||
| Crystal Springs Meteor | Crystal Springs | 1886-1889 | Weekly | Hurt & Branch | OCLC 15078789 |
| Daily Corinthian | Corinth | Daily | |||
| Daily Leader | Brookhaven | Daily[4] | |||
| Daily Star | Grenada | Daily | |||
| Daily Times Leader | West Point | Daily | ' | ||
| Darkhorse Press | Mississippi | Daily | |||
| Deer Creek Pilot | Rolling Fork | Weekly | |||
| Delta Democrat-Times | Greenville | Daily | |||
| Enterprise-Journal | McComb | Daily | |||
| Enterprise-Tocsin | Indianola, Mississippi | Weekly | |||
| Florence News[5] | Florence | 2018 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper |
| Greenwood Commonwealth | Greenwood | Daily | |||
| Hattiesburg American | Hattiesburg | Daily | Gannett Company[2] | ||
| Jackson Advocate | Jackson | Weekly | |||
| Jackson Free Press | Jackson |
Changed to magazine 2018 | |||
| Laurel Leader-Call | Laurel | Daily | |||
| Lawrence County Press | Monticello | Weekly | |||
| Leland Progress | Leland | 1888 | Weekly | Closed in July 2024,[6] but revived a few weeks later.[7] | |
| Long Beach Breeze | Long Beach | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper | |
| Madison County Journal | Ridgeland | Weekly | |||
| Meridian Star | Meridian | Daily | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[8] | ||
| Mississippi Business Journal | Jackson/statewide | Daily | |||
| Mississippi Press | Pascagoula | Daily | |||
| Natchez Democrat[9] | Natchez | Daily | |||
| Neshoba Democrat | Philadelphia | Daily | |||
| New Albany Gazette | New Albany | Semi-weekly | |||
| Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | Tupelo | Daily | |||
| The Northside Sun | Jackson | Weekly | |||
| Ocean Springs Record | Ocean Springs | Weekly | |||
| Oxford Eagle | Oxford | Daily | |||
| Pass Christian Gazebo Gazette | Pass Christian | Weekly | |||
| Pearl News[10] | Pearl | 2018 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper |
| Pelahatchie News | Pelahatchie | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper | |
| Penny Pincher | Gulfport | Weekly | |||
| Picayune Item | Picayune | 1904 | Weekly | Boone Newspapers | Editorial services shared with Bogalusa (LA) Times |
| Richland News[11] | Richland | 2018 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper |
| Sea Coast Echo | Bay St. Louis | Semi-weekly | |||
| Southwest Rankin News | Pearl, Richland, & Florence, MS | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper | |
| Starkville Daily News | Starkville | Daily | |||
| Stone County Enterprise | Wiggins | Weekly | |||
| Sun Herald | Biloxi-Gulfport | Daily[4] | McClatchy Company[12] | ||
| Vicksburg Post | Vicksburg | Daily | |||
| Wesson News | Wesson | 2013 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper |
| Woodville Republican | Woodville | 1823 | Weekly | Andy Lewis | The oldest newspaper in Mississippi |
University newspapers
edit- The Black Sheep - student newspaper of the University of Mississippi
- The Daily Mississippian – student newspaper of the University of Mississippi
- The Mississippi Collegian - student newspaper of Mississippi College
- The Reflector – student newspaper of Mississippi State University
- The Spectator - student newspaper of Mississippi University for Women
- The Student Printz - student newspaper of The University of Southern Mississippi
Defunct
editSee also
edit
- Mississippi media
- List of radio stations in Mississippi
- List of television stations in Mississippi
- Media of locales in Mississippi: Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson
- Journalism:
- Category:Journalists from Mississippi
- University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism (est. 2001)[15]
- Mississippi literature
References
edit- ^ Mississippi Press Association. "Non-Daily Newspapers". Jackson: Mississippi Press Services. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Mississippi, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ "Columbus Commercial". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Mississippi Press Association. "Daily Newspapers". Jackson: Mississippi Press Services. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ SWRankinNews.com (2024-05-20). "Florence". SWRankinNews.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ Dankins, Pam. "Another historic Mississippi newspaper set to close. See the location of this one". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Cho, David (2024-08-26). "Local Newspaper Lives Again". The Delta News. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ^ Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ "Newspapers & Publications". City of Natchez. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Pearl News
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94". New York Times. 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b Reily, Ross. "Two historic Mississippi newspapers close their doors. See where they are". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "School of Mass Communication and Journalism". Hattiesburg: University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
Bibliography
edit- I. Patridge (1860). "Press of Mississippi: Historical Sketch". De Bow's Review. 29. hdl:2027/njp.32101065217190.
- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Mississippi". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
- Proceedings of the Mississippi Press Association, 1885 (1866-1884)
- James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Mississippi", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
- Thomas McAdory Owen (1900), "Bibliography of Mississippi", Report of the American Historical Association for 1899, p. 777, hdl:2027/mdp.39015039328946 – via HathiTrust,
Newspaper Press
- "Mississippi". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 524+. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a – via HathiTrust.
- Dunbar Rowland, ed. (1907), "Newspapers", Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, vol. 2, Madison, Wisconsin: S. A. Brant, p. 333, hdl:2027/nyp.33433081846465
- "Mississippi". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 511+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
- Works Progress Administration (1942). Mississippi newspapers, 1805-1940: a preliminary union list of Mississippi newspaper files available in county archives, offices of publishers, libraries, and private collections in Mississippi – via HathiTrust.
- Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858. (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Mississippi)
- Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744
- "Mississippi Newspapers". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
External links
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- "US Newspaper Directory: Mississippi". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress.
- "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Mississippi". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- "Mississippi Newspapers on Microfilm". Mississippi State University Libraries.
- "Mississippi Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
- University of Florida. "Mississippi". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
- "Mississippi". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
- "United States: Mississippi". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 19, 2001.
- "Mississippi Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.