Ethnic press in Baltimore explained

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ethnic groups in Baltimore

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baltimore City Newspapers. Johns Hopkins University Library. 2012-12-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040827232004/http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/baltimore/newspapers.html. 2004-08-27.
2. Book: Farrar, Hayward. The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950. Greenwood Press. 1998-05-30. 240. 0-313-30517-X.
3. News: Summers . Juana . Ryan . Erika . Kenin . Justine . August 12, 2022 . Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication . National Public Radio . July 15, 2023.
4. News: A Way To 'Defend Our Culture' . . 2014-07-09.
5. News: 'I feel myself at home here' . . 2014-07-09.
6. Web site: Rokos Family Czech-American Collection - PP145 . . 2012-12-28.
7. Web site: Guide to Maryland Newspapers - MSA SC 3774 [OCLC 9483768] ]. Archives of Maryland Online . 2012-12-28.
8. Web site: Baltimore Eesti Selts (Baltimore Estonian Society), Records . . 2014-07-09.
9. News: Preserving a part of the city's German past . . 2012-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190912/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-24/news/bal-md.backstory24jan24_1_maryland-germans-german-exodus-german-newspapers . 2014-07-14 . dead .
10. Encyclopedia: Baltimore . . 2014-07-08.
11. Web site: Baltimore Correspondent. . . 2019-04-24.
12. News: A bilingual newspaper looks to provide Baltimore Latinos with information on Hispanic culture and the issues affecting them.. Blanca Torres. May 24, 2005. The Baltimore Sun. 2012-12-28. 2011-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110207170253/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-05-24/business/0505240105_1_hispanic-culture-spanish-media-baltimore. dead.
13. http://www.jewishtimes.com/AboutUs/ About Us
14. http://echo-media.com/MediaDetailNP.asp?IDNumber=5720 Echo Media - Baltimore Jewish Times
15. David, Michael. Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, November 15, 1996.
16. Book: Waxman, Chaim Isaac . America's Jews in Transition . 1983 . . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 0-877-22321-1 . 194 . July 8, 2014 . registration . Baltimore Russian immigrants. .
17. Einhorn, David. 1900.
18. http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/about.asp About Us
19. Web site: Newspaper Abstracts . Historyk Press . 2012-12-28.