List of newspapers in New Jersey

Summary

This is a list of newspapers in New Jersey. There were, as of 2020, over 300 newspapers in print in New Jersey. Historically, there have been almost 2,000 newspapers published in New Jersey.[1] The Constitutional Courant, founded in 1765 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, is the earliest known New Jersey newspaper.[2]

Daily newspapers edit

This is a list of all daily newspapers as of 2020 in New Jersey from the New Jersey Press Association Directory and other sources.[3]

Current daily newspapers in New Jersey
Title City County Year established Parent Company or Publisher References
America Oggi (Italian Language) Norwood Bergen 1988 Gruppo Editoriale Oggi OCLC 73836670[4]
Asbury Park Press Asbury Park Monmouth 1879 Gannett OCLC 16894042[3]
Burlington County Times Willingboro Burlington 1958 Gannett OCLC 15288442[3]
Courier News Bridgewater Somerset 1884 Gannett OCLC 14093085[3]
Courier-Post Cherry Hill Township Camden 1875 Gannett OCLC 12230254[3]
The Daily Journal Vineland Cumberland 1875 W.E. Cansdell OCLC 11378844[3]
Daily Record Parsippany, Morristown Morris 1900 Gannett OCLC 12777527[3]
Daily Targum, Rutgers University (Student Newspaper) New Brunswick Middlesex 1869 Targum Publishing Company, Rutgers OCLC 16045609[3]
Herald News Woodland Park Passaic 1872 Gannett OCLC 16816434[3]
Home News Tribune East Brunswick Middlesex 1879 Gannett OCLC 13854028[3]
Jersey Journal Jersey City Hudson 1867 Advance Publications OCLC 44512660[3]
New Jersey Herald Newton Sussex 1829 Gannett OCLC 12198584[3]
The Press of Atlantic City Atlantic City Atlantic 1895 as The Atlantic City Press Berkshire Hathaway OCLC 45193174[3]
The Record Woodland Park Passaic 1895 Gannett OCLC 10806291[3]
South Jersey Times Mullica Hill Gloucester 2012 Advance Publications OCLC 1001971372[3]
The Star-Ledger Newark Essex 1832 Advance Publications OCLC 10944976[3]
The Times Trenton Mercer 1882 Advance Publications OCLC 849806689[3]
The Trentonian Trenton Mercer 1946 Digital First Media OCLC 13242242[3]


Special interest newspapers edit

Montclair State University assembled a list and report on ethnic media in the state in 2019 and 2023.[5] The 2023 list has 141 media outlets.[6]

Non-daily local newspapers edit

  • Americké Listy - Perth Amboy
  • The Anatolia Post https://theanatoliapost.com/
  • Anointed News Journal - Camden
  • Atlantic County Record - Atlantic City
  • Atlanticville - Monmouth Beach/Long Branch/Ocean Township
  • The Beacon
  • The Black River News
  • Brazilian Press
  • The Caldwell News
  • Cape May County Herald - Cape May County, founded in 1968
  • Cape May Star and Wave
  • Cedar Grove Observer
  • Cedar Grove/ Verona News
  • The Chatham News
  • The Cherry Hill Sun
  • The Coast Star - Manasquan, Avon-By-The-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Wall Township
  • The Coaster - Asbury Park, founded in 1983
  • Cranbury Press
  • East Brunswick Sentinel - East Brunswick
  • Edison Sentinel - Edison/Metuchen
  • The East Hanover News
  • The Florham Park News
  • The Florham Park Eagle - Florham Park
  • Florham Park Hanover this Week - Florham Park, Hanover
  • The Galloway Patriot - Galloway Township
  • The Grapevine Newspaper - Vineland
  • The Hackettstown News
  • The Haddonfield Sun
  • The Hanover News
  • Hammonton Gazette - Hammonton
  • Hillsborough Beacon
  • The HomeTown News - Wayne, Lincoln Park, Pequannock, Pompton Plains, Montville, Towaco, PineBrook, Fairfield, Pompton Lakes, Bloomingdale, Riverdale, Butler, Kinnelon, SmokeRise
  • Hopewell Valley News
  • The Hudson Reporter - Hudson County, with eight editions: Bayonne Community News, Hoboken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, North Bergen Reporter, Union City Reporter, Secaucus Reporter, Weehawken Reporter, West New York Reporter
  • The Hunterdon County Democrat - Flemington, Hunterdon County, founded in 1847, OCLC 4094634, ISSN 0018-7844[3][7]
  • The Independent - Aberdeen, Middletown, Keyport/Matawan, Holmdel, Hazlet
  • The Independent Press - Summit
  • The Item of Millburn and Short Hills - Millburn, founded in 1975, OCLC 12593151
  • Jersey City Independent hyperlocal digital news
  • The Lawrence Ledger
  • The Livingston News
  • The Madison News
  • The Manville News
  • The Marlton Sun
  • The Medford Sun
  • The Mendham News
  • The Messenger-Press
  • The Millburn/Short Hills News
  • Micromedia Publications - Publishes the following newspapers: Ocean County News, The Toms River Times, The Manchester Times, The Berkeley Times, The Brick Times, The Jackson Times, The Southern Ocean Times, The Howell Times, Monmouth County News, Toms River Online, and Bricktown Online
  • The Montgomery News (Montgomery Township and Rocky Hill)
  • The Morristown News
  • The Moorestown Sun
  • The Monmouth Journal - Red Bank
  • Montclair Local (Website)
  • The Montclair Times - Montclair
  • The Mount Olive News
  • The Mt. Laurel Sun
  • New Brunswick Today
  • NJ Indy (Website)
  • Northern Valley Press
  • The Nubian News
  • The Observer - Kearny, New Jersey serving West Hudson & South Bergen
  • Ocean City Sentinel
  • The Ocean Star - Bay Head, Brick Township, Lavallette, Mantoloking, Point Pleasant Beach, Point Pleasant Borough
  • Pascack Press
  • Pascack Valley Community Life
  • The Pine Barrens Tribune -- serving the following communities mainly in Burlington County: Southampton, Medford, Evesham, Woodland, Tabernacle, Pemberton, Shamong, Bass River, and Washington townships, Medford Lakes and Pemberton Boroughs, as well as parts of western and southern Ocean County, northern Atlantic County and the Pinelands Regional School District.
  • The Princeton Packet
  • The Randolph News
  • The Register-News
  • Renna Media - publishes the following monthly newspapers: Around About Peterstown, Berkeley Heights Community News, The Chathams, Clark Monthly, Cranford Monthly, Elizabeth – Elmora Hills, Fanwood Post, Florham Park Press, Garwood Times, Green Brook Gazette, Kenilworth Life, Life In Linden, Long Hill Leader, Madison Monthly, Mountainside View, New Providence News, Our Town Rahway, Roselle Park Monthly, Scotch Plains Monthly, Millburn Short Hills Monthly, Summit Times, Spirit of Union, Warren Monthly, Watchung Post, and Westfield Monthly
  • River View Observer - Hudson County
  • The Roxbury News
  • The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times
  • The Shamong Sun
  • Sokol Times - East Orange
  • South Brunswick Post, South Brunswick, OCLC 48694596
  • Summit Herald-Dispatch - Summit
  • The Tabernacle Sun
  • TAPinto, hyperlocal digital news in 50+ towns
  • Town Topics - Princeton
  • triCityNews - Monmouth County
  • The Two River Times - Red Bank
  • The Westfield Leader - Westfield founded 1890 (Website)
  • Union County Local Source
  • Verona-Cedar Grove Times
  • The Voorhies Sun
  • The West Orange News
  • Windsor-Hights Herald

College newspapers edit

Defunct newspapers edit

See also edit

Adjoining states

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Search for current newspapers in New Jersey". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "About The Constitutional courant. [volume] (Woodbridge, N.J.) 1765-1765". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2020., OCLC 11214923
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "NJPA Member Directory". New Jersey Press Association. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "About America Oggi". America Oggi. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Advincula, Anthony (2023-05-16). "The state of ethnic and community media serving New Jersey" (PDF). Center for cooperative media. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  6. ^ Advincula, Anthony (2023-05-16). "Ethnic and community media outlets serving New Jersey". Airtable. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  7. ^ "About Hunterdon County Democrat. [volume] (Flemington, N.J.) 1847-current". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "Passaic daily news. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2022-01-06.

Further reading edit

  • Sarah Stonbely; Jesse Holcomb (April 29, 2020), "The topography of local news: A new map", Cjr.org. (About NJ local news)

External links edit