Ethnic press in Baltimore#German-American
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The Ethnic press in Baltimore, Maryland is press directed to a particular ethnic minority group or community in mind, including the non-English-language press. While English-language newspapers have always served the general population, many of Baltimore's ethnic immigrant communities have had newspapers published in their native languages.
African-American
- Baltimore Afro-American, a weekly newspaper that is the flagship newspaper of the Afro-American chain and the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States.
{{cite web| title = Baltimore City Newspapers| url = http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/baltimore/newspapers.html| publisher = Johns Hopkins University Library| access-date = 2012-12-28| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040827232004/http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/baltimore/newspapers.html| archive-date = 2004-08-27}}{{cite book| last = Farrar| first = Hayward| title = The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950| publisher = Greenwood Press| date = 1998-05-30| pages = 240| url = http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM0517.aspx| isbn = 0-313-30517-X}}
- Baltimore Beat is a Black-led nonprofit newspaper.{{Cite news |last=Summers |first=Juana |last2=Ryan |first2=Erika |last3=Kenin |first3=Justine |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication |work=National Public Radio |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1117263822/heres-why-the-baltimore-beat-relaunched-as-a-black-led-nonprofit-publication |access-date=July 15, 2023}}
Belarusian-American
- Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by Paul Israel Pickman, a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/08/22/a-way-to-defend-our-culture/ |title=A Way To 'Defend Our Culture' |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=2014-07-09}}{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2005/08/23/i-feel-myself-at-home-here/ |title='I feel myself at home here' |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=2014-07-09}}
Czech-American
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- Baltimorské Listy (Baltimore Letters), a Czech-language newspaper published in Baltimore and Chicago.
- Palecek, a Czech community newspaper from 1902.{{cite web|url=http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/rokos-family-czech-american-collection-pp145 |title=Rokos Family Czech-American Collection - PP145 |publisher=Maryland Historical Society |access-date=2012-12-28}}
- Telegraf, a local weekly newspaper published in Czech, running for 42 years from February 20, 1909 until 1951.{{cite web|url=http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/newspapers/cfm/dsp_number.cfm?id=152 |title=Guide to Maryland Newspapers - MSA SC 3774 [OCLC 9483768] |publisher=Archives of Maryland Online |access-date=2012-12-28}}
Estonian-American
- Baltimore Eesti Organisatsioonide bülletään (Baltimore Estonian Organization Bulletin), an Estonian-language periodical published in Baltimore since 1965.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/research/vitrage/all/em/EAU/org/a/ihrc3085.html |title=Baltimore Eesti Selts (Baltimore Estonian Society), Records |publisher=University of Minnesota |access-date=2014-07-09}}
German-American
- Der Deutsche Correspondent, a weekly German-language newspaper, 1841–1918. The paper had the greatest influence on the Germans in Baltimore, lasting longer than any of the other German newspapers in Maryland.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/01/24/preserving-a-part-of-the-citys-german-past/ |title=Preserving a part of the city's German past |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=2012-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190912/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-24/news/bal-md.backstory24jan24_1_maryland-germans-german-exodus-german-newspapers |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=live }}
- Der Baltimore Wecker (Der Baltimore Wecker), a daily paper published in German. It was the object of violence in the civil unrest at Baltimore in April 1861 that produced the first bloodshed of the American Civil War.
- Katholische Volkszeitung: Ein Wochenblatt im Interesse der Kirche (Catholic People's Daily: A Weekly Paper in the Interest of the Church), a German-language Roman Catholic newspaper.
- Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2420-baltimore |title=Baltimore |encyclopedia=Jewish Encyclopedia |access-date=2014-07-08}}
- Sonntagsblatt des Baltimore Correspondent (Sunday Journal of the Baltimore Correspondent), a weekly German-language newspaper published on Sundays.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83016471/ |title=Baltimore Correspondent. |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2019-04-24}}
Hispanic and Latino-American
- Latin Opinion, a bilingual, biweekly newspaper published in both Spanish and English that is marketed to the Latino community.{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2005/05/24/a-bilingual-newspaper-looks-to-provide-baltimore-latinos-with-information-on-hispanic-culture-and-the-issues-affecting-them/|title=A bilingual newspaper looks to provide Baltimore Latinos with information on Hispanic culture and the issues affecting them.|author=Blanca Torres|date=May 24, 2005|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2012-12-28|archive-date=2011-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207170253/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-05-24/business/0505240105_1_hispanic-culture-spanish-media-baltimore|url-status=live}}
Italian-American
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- Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland, an Italian newspaper.
- The Italian Journal, an Italian-American newspaper published in English and Italian.
Jewish American
- Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore's oldest and largest Jewish publication,[http://www.jewishtimes.com/AboutUs/ About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713200658/http://www.jewishtimes.com/AboutUs/ |date=2006-07-13 }}, Baltimore Jewish Times website. Retrieved December 28, 2012. it has been described as "the largest weekly in Maryland and one of the most respected independent Jewish publications in America",[http://echo-media.com/MediaDetailNP.asp?IDNumber=5720 Echo Media - Baltimore Jewish Times]. Retrieved July 12, 2006. and "one of the premier independent Jewish newspapers in the country."David, Michael. [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4936/edition_id/90/format/html/displaystory.html Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58], J. The Jewish News of Northern California, November 15, 1996.
- Der Baltimore Israelit, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.
- Der Fortschritt, a (Yiddish-language newspaper published from June to July 1890.
- Der Wegweiser, a Yiddish-language newspaper published in 1896.
- Ha-Pisgah, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.
- Jewish Comment, a Jewish newspaper published in 1895.
- Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
- Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.
- The Jewish Chronicle, a Jewish newspaper published from 1875 to 1877.
- The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.{{cite book |title=America's Jews in Transition |last=Waxman |first=Chaim Isaac |year=1983 |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |isbn=0-877-22321-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/americasjewsintr00chai/page/194 194] |access-date=July 8, 2014 |url=https://archive.org/details/americasjewsintr00chai|url-access=registration |quote=Baltimore Russian immigrants. }}{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Einhorn, David|year=1900}}
- Where What When, a monthly Jewish periodical established in 1985, its content is directed to the wide spectrum of Baltimore's Jewish population, and it has an approximate readership of 40,000.[http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/about.asp About Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115232339/http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/about.asp |date=January 15, 2013 }}, Baltimore Where What When . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
Lithuanian-American
- Pirmyn, a Lithuanian-language newspaper for the Lithuanian-American community of Baltimore.
Polish-American
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- Czas Baltimorski, a Polish-language newspaper.
- Friends of the Hearth, an early Polish-language newspaper geared toward Baltimore Polonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.historykpress.com/press.htm |title=Newspaper Abstracts |publisher=Historyk Press |access-date=2012-12-28}}
- Polish Times, a Polish-American newspaper.
Russian-American
- Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
- The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.
- Poleznai︠a︡ gazeta / Poleznaya gazeta, a Russian-language newspaper published in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Pennsylvania.
See also
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References
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Further reading
- Farrar, Hayward. The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
- Keidel, George C. The earliest German newspapers of Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Priv. Print., 1927.
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