Newspapers

See also: Newspaper Databases.

Pittsburgh Daily Newspapers

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  This is the online version of Pittsburgh's major daily newspaper. It includes city guide and happenings, local, regional and national news. Searchable for current and recent issues.
• Newslibrary at NewsBank
  You can access the NewsBank News Library and search the back issues of many daily newspapers in larger US cities, including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Searching NewsLibrary is free, but you must pay to view the full text of the articles. A single article was $2.95 in June, 2010.
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  A second daily newspaper in Pittsburgh
  • Tribune Review Archives 1995-2002

Other Daily Newspapers
in Southwestern Pennsylvania

• Beaver: The Times Online
  News, sports, entertainment, classifieds for Beaver County, north of Pittsburgh.
• Butler Eagle
  A daily newspaper from Butler County, north of Pittsburgh. Includes, births, engagements, marriage licenses, weddings, divorces, and obituaries. Also entertainment.
• Connellsville Daily Courier
  From Connellsville in Fayette County, southeast of Pittsburgh.
• McKeesport Daily News
  From McKeesport, southeast of Pittsburgh in the Mon-Yough Valley.
• Monessen Valley Independent
  From Westmoreland County, east of Pittsburgh.
• Uniontown Herald-Standard Online
  Local Fayette County headlines, sports.
• Valley News Dispatch
  From New Kensington, north of Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County, on the TribLive website.
• Washington, PA: Observer-Reporter Online
  online news, sports, events for Washington and Greene Counties

Weekly Newspapers in the Pittsburgh Region

• The Almanac
  The South Hills weekly newspaper from McMurray.
• Greene County Messenger
  Located in Waynesburg in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania.
• Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh
  A weekly independent newspaper serving the Jewish community of southwestern Pennsylvania with 8,000 print subscribers.
  • Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
    The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project at Carnegie Mellon University features The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962). Two other Jewish newspapers, The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present) will be added to the PJN database.
• La Jornada Latina
  Pittsburgh's first Spanish-language newspaper.
• New Pittsburgh Courier Online
  Online version of the New Pittsburgh Courier offering timely news, commentary, sports, entertainment and other information of interest to the African American Community. The New Pittsburgh Courier, founded in 1910, is one of the oldest and most prestigious Black newspapers in the United States. Today the New Pittsburgh Courier continues to serve as a vehicle for Black expression, now publishing Award-Winning local editions weekly on Wednesday.
  • New Pittsburgh Courier Archives Search
    The New Pittsburgh Courier Online archive includes articles from 1/1/1955 - 12/28/2002. You may search the database and view a summary of the document for free. Different pricing options are available for printing or saving the entire document.
• Northside Chronicle
  A monthly newspaper with hyper local news about the Northside of Pittsburgh.
• Pittsburgh Business Times
  This is the online version of Pittsburgh's business weekly, now with a "daily edition" offering business briefs for southwestern Pennsylvania. It also offers national news from MSNBC, Small Business Resources, and links to similar regional business weeklies for other US cities.
• Pittsburgh Catholic
  The Pittsburgh Catholic is the official weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
  • Duquesne University Digital Archive
    Duquesne University is converting its microfilm collection of The Pittsburgh Catholic to digital. Currently, the first 10 years covering from March 16, 1844 through 1864 are available by browsing or searching the full-text.
• Pittsburgh City Paper
  free entertainment and news weekly. Now includes an archive of previous articles.
• South Pittsburgh Reporter
  A free weekly serving the South Pittsburgh Neighborhoods of Allentown, Arlington, Beltzhoover, Bon Air, Carrick, Knoxville, Mt. Oliver, Mt. Washington, and South Side.
• Trib Total Media: Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
  Formerly Gateway Newspapers. Weekly newspapers from surrounding communities. If your town doesn't appear below, click above to see which paper covers your community.
  • Bridgeville Area News, Signal Item (Carnegie, Crafton, Green Tree, Rosslyn Farms, Bridgeville, South Fayette)
  • Cranberry News
  • Fox Chapel Herald (Allegheny River Valley)
  • Murrysville Star (Delmont, Export, Murrysville, Penn Township)
  • North Hills News (North Hills, Gibsonia, Wexford, Allison Park)
  • Norwin Star (North Huntingdon, Irwin, North Irwin)
  • Penn Trafford Star
  • Plum Advance Leader (Center, East Oakmont, Holiday Park, Logans Ferry, Regency, Renton, Unity)
  • Sewickley Herald (Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley)
  • Signal Item (Carnegie, Crafton, Green Tree, Rosslyn Farms, Bridgeville, South Fayette)
  • South Hills Record (Baldwin, Baldwin Township, Brentwood, Jefferson Hills, Pleasant Hills, Whitehall)
  • Times-Express ( Monroeville, Pitcairn)

Pittsburgh College Newspapers

• Carlow Chronicle
  Student newspaper of Carlow University.
• Chatham News
  Official news from Chatham University.
• The Duquesne Duke
  student online newspaper of Duquesne University
• Duquesne University Times
  The Duquesne University Times is a bi-weekly publication for Faculty and Staff from the Office of Public Affairs.
• The Globe
  Point Park University's student-run weekly newspaper.
• La Roche Courier
  La Roche College student newspaper.
• Pitt News
  An independent student-written and student-managed newspaper since 1910 for the Oakland campus of the University of Pittsburgh; published Monday-Friday during the school year, weekly in summer.
• The Sentry
  Robert Morris University student newspaper.
• The Tartan
  Carnegie Mellon University's student newspaper since 1906
• University of Pittsburgh University Times
  The University Times is published bi-weekly on Thursdays by the University of Pittsburgh and provides information for faculty and staff.

Pennsylvania

• Newslink: Pennsylvania Newspapers
  A collection of links to major metropolitan dailies, other dailies, non-dailies, alternatives, college newspapers, etc. by city.
• Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
  Search for a newspaper by zipcode

United States and International

• ABYZ News Links
  Links to the websites of more than 18,800 newspapers and other news sources from around the world
• American Media Columnist Index
  Check here for links to articles by your favorite newspaper columnist!
• MIT Libraries: Foreign Language News & Newspapers
  Links to online sources in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
• NewsLink: Newspapers
  Links to newspapers arranged by state in the United States, by campus, and by Non-US country
• Library of Congress: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
• Newseum
  The "Newseum" is a new museum of news in Washington D.C. at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street. On their website, you can view "today's front pages": 876 front pages from 81 countries.
  • Today's Front Pages
• Newslibrary.com
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was added in October, 1999, to this Internet site that allows you to search the back issues of many daily newspapers in larger US cities. Searching is free and you pay to download the articles.
• USNPL: US Newspaper List
  Links to newspapers by state, as well as links to TV and Radio Stations.

Last updated December 13, 2012