Ethnic press in Baltimore

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.^[1][2]
• Baltimore Beat is a Black-led nonprofit newspaper.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

Czech-American

The cover page for the December 8, 1917 issue of Telegraf.

• Baltimorské Listy (Baltimore Letters), a Czech-language newspaper published in Baltimore and Chicago.
• Palecek, a Czech community newspaper from 1902.^[6]
• Telegraf, a local weekly newspaper published in Czech, running for 42 years from February 20, 1909 until 1951.^[7]

Estonian-American

• Baltimore Eesti Organisatsioonide bülletään (Baltimore Estonian Organization Bulletin), an Estonian-language periodical published in Baltimore since 1965.^[8]

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.^[9]
• 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.^[10]

• Sonntagsblatt des Baltimore Correspondent (Sunday Journal of the Baltimore Correspondent), a weekly German-language newspaper published on Sundays.^[11]

Hispanic and Latino-American

• Latin Opinion, a bilingual, biweekly newspaper published in both Spanish and English that is marketed to the Latino community.^[12]

Italian-American

The front page for the September 9, 1922 issue of Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland.

• 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,^[13] it has been described as "the largest weekly in Maryland and one of the most respected independent Jewish publications in America",^[14] and "one of the premier independent Jewish newspapers in the country."^[15]
• Der Baltimore Israelit, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.^[10]
• Der Fortschritt, a (Yiddish-language newspaper published from June to July 1890.^[10]
• Der Wegweiser, a Yiddish-language newspaper published in 1896.^[10]
• Ha-Pisgah, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.^[10]
• Jewish Comment, a Jewish newspaper published in 1895.^[10]
• 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.^[4][5]
• Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.^[10]
• The Jewish Chronicle, a Jewish newspaper published from 1875 to 1877.^[10]
• 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.^[16][17]
• 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.^[18]

Lithuanian-American

• Pirmyn, a Lithuanian-language newspaper for the Lithuanian-American community of Baltimore.

Polish-American

The cover page of the August 15, 1940 issue of Czas Baltimorski.

• Czas Baltimorski, a Polish-language newspaper.
• Friends of the Hearth, an early Polish-language newspaper geared toward Baltimore Polonia.^[19]
• 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.^[4][5]
• 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.^[16][17]
• Poleznai︠a︡ gazeta / Poleznaya gazeta, a Russian-language newspaper published in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Pennsylvania.

See also

• Baltimore portal

• Ethnic groups in Baltimore