The Washington Informer
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| FounderTemplate:Pluralize from text | Calvin W. Rolark |
| Publisher | Denise Rolark Barnes |
| Editor | Micha Green |
Photo editor | Shevry Lassiter |
Staff writers | Austin R. Cooper, Jr., Brenda Siler, James Wright, Jr., Kayla Benjamin, Sam P.K. Collins, Stacy Brown, Lindiwe Vilakazi, Richard Elliott |
| Founded | October 16, 1964 |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
| Circulation | 50,000 |
| ISSN | 0741-9414 |
| OCLC number | 60630464 |
| Website | Washington Informer |
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The Washington Informer is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. The Informer is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American population of the D.C. metropolitan area.[1][2] The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994),[3][4] founded the paper in 1964.[5]
At the 2011 Second Annual Ethnic Media Awards competition, the Informer received first-place honors for feature writing and local news.[6]
Contributors
Contributors to the publication include notable writers, political activists and editors such as:
Statistics
- Total circulation: 50,000[citation needed]
- District of Columbia
- Prince George's County
- Montgomery County
- Northern Virginia
- Trade association memberships
See also
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- Wilhelmina Rolark, former owner of the paper
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Mark Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. p. 602. ISBN 978-0-674-00788-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Insider's Guide: Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher, Washington Informer". Cultural Tourism DC. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levy, Claudia (October 25, 1994). "Crusading Publisher Calvin Rolark Dies". Washington Post.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."In Memoriam: Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr". Washington Informer. May 17, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oczypok, Kate (March 28, 2019). "Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes strives to carry on her father's mission". The DC Line. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Washington Informer wins three first-place Ethnic Media Awards honors". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
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