LibGuides: NEWS SOURCES RESEARCH GUIDE: Richmond, D.C., Virginia

Current Richmond & Washington, D.C. News Resources

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Newsbank) (1903-present) This link opens in a new window
Provides comprehensive city, regional and state news, primarily for Richmond, Virginia, from 1903 to present.

Special attention is given to Virginia's tobacco and agriculture industries, as well as numerous large companies such as the CSX Corporation, Bank of Virginia and James River Corporation. Richmond's employment base extends from chemical, food and tobacco manufacturing to biotechnology, semiconductors and high-tech fibers.

Richmond Magazine
Monthly publication includes feature stories, especially guides to restaurants, influential professionals, earnings, places to work, etc.
Style Weekly
Local news and features, entertainment and cultural calendars, restaurant listings, reviews, menu guides, classifieds, and personals.
Richmond Free Press
Local news publication
Richmond Voice
Local News Publication

Washington Post (1996-present) This link opens in a new window
Online access to the Washington Post. (Must be on campus or using VPN to access.)

The Post offers real-time Q&A discussions on key stories and live-streaming of Washington Post events with top-level government and business leaders as well as emerging voices and news-makers.

Virginia Mercury
The Virginia Mercury is an independent, nonprofit online news organization covering state government and policy.

Richmond Daily Dispatch (1860-1865) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper digital archive from November 1860 to December 1865

The Richmond Daily Dispatch is the result of a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and collaboration between the University of Richmond, Tufts University's Perseus Project, and the Virginia Center for Digital History. There are currently 1384 issues of the paper available online.; Full text digital scans of articles; Nov. 1860 - Dec. 1865
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Congress) (1884-1903) This link opens in a new window
Provides comprehensive city, regional and state news, primarily for Richmond, Virginia, from Jul 1, 1884 to Jan 25, 1903.

Published as the Richmond Dispatch.

Richmond Times (Nov. 1914-Sept. 2018)
Microfiche. After 2018, issues online in Digital Archive.

Additional Richmond and Virginia Newspapers:

Richmond Planet (Chronicling America, Library of Congress), 1883-1938
- First published in 1882, and founded by 13 former Richmond slaves, the Planet was initially edited by Edmund Archer Randolph, the first African American graduate of Yale Law School. Two years later, 21-year-old John Mitchell, Jr., succeeded Randolph and continued as editor for the next 45 years, until 1929. Mitchell wasted little time: he replaced much of the press equipment, contributed his own artwork to the paper's always impressive design, and increased circulation to the point that the Planet eventually turned a modest profit. The Planet by 1904 had reached a weekly circulation of 4,200. The paper also quickly gained a reputation as a staunch defender of the African-American community and a voice against racial injustice—"daring to hurl thunderbolts of truth into the ranks of the wicked. . . . No stronger race man is known among us." (Description on Chronicling America site, information provided by Library of Virginia)
Chronicling America - Virginia Newspapers