# List of newspapers in Louisiana

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This is a list of newspapers in Louisiana.

## Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
| Abbeville Meridional | Abbeville | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Town Talk | Alexandria | | Gannett Company | |
| The Basile Weekly | Basile | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Advocate | Baton Rouge | 1908 | Georges Media Group | |
| Plaquemines Gazette | Belle Chasse | | | |
| The Bernice Banner News | Bernice | | Jessie Kelley Boyett | |
| Bogalusa Daily News | Bogalusa | 1927 | Boone Newspapers | |
| Bossier Press-Tribune | Bossier City | | Specht Newspapers | |
| The Inquisitor | Bossier City | 1997 | Settle Talk LLC | |
| The Bunkie Record | Bunkie | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| St. Bernard Voice | Chalmette | | | |
| The Church Point News | Church Point | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Chronicle | Colfax | | | |
| The Caldwell Watchman | Columbia | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Crowley Post-Signal | Crowley | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Delhi Dispatch | Delhi | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Cameron Parish Pilot | DeQuincy | | Wise family | |
| The DeQuincy News | DeQuincy | | Wise family | |
| Beauregard Daily News | DeRidder | | Boone Newspapers | |
| Donaldsonville Chief | Donaldsonville | | Gannett Company | |
| The Eunice News | Eunice | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Gazette | Farmerville | | | |
| Concordia Sentinel | Ferriday | | Hanna Publishing | |
| St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune | Franklin | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Franklinton Era-Leader | Franklinton | | | |
| Gonzales Weekly Citizen | Gonzales | | Gannett Company | |
| Gueydan Journal | Gueydan | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Daily Star | Hammond | | Paxton Media Group | |
| The Courier | Houma | | Gannett Company | |
| The Jena Times | Jena | 1905 | | |
| The Kaplan Herald | Kaplan | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Kinder Courier News | Kinder | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Daily Advertiser | Lafayette | 1865 | Gannett Company | |
| The Acadiana Advocate | Lafayette | | Georges Media Group | |
| American Press | Lake Charles | | Boone Newspapers | |
| L'Observateur | LaPlace | | Boone Newspapers | |
| Leesville Daily Leader | Leesville | | Boone Newspapers | |
| Acadian Press | Mamou | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Avoyelles Journal | Marksville | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Marksville Weekly News | Marksville | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Minden Press-Herald | Minden | | Specht Newspapers | |
| Monroe Free Press | Monroe | 1969 | Wright's Publishing, Co. | |
| The News-Star | Monroe | | Gannett Company | |
| Morgan City Review | Morgan City | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Natchitoches Times | Natchitoches | 1903 | NTN Media | |
| The Daily Iberian | New Iberia | | Wick Communications | |
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate | New Orleans | 1837 | Georges Media Group | Began as Picayune in 1837; merged with Times-Democrat in 1914 to form Times-Picayune, merged with New Orleans edition of The Advocate in 2019 |
| The Pointe Coupee Banner | New Roads | 1880 | LaCour family |
| The West Carroll Gazette | Oak Grove | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Oakdale Journal | Oakdale | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Daily World | Opelousas | | Gannett Company | |
| The Bayou-Pioneer | Pierre Part | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Post South | Plaquemine | | Gannett Company | |
| The Rayne Acadian-Tribune | Rayne | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Richland Beacon-News | Richland | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Ruston Daily Leader | Ruston | | Ruston Newspapers, Inc. | |
| The Tensas Gazette | St. Joseph | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| Teche News | St. Martinville | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Times | Shreveport | 1871 | Gannett Company | |
| Southwest Daily News | Sulphur | | Boone Newspapers | |
| The Daily Comet | Thibodaux | | Gannett Company | |
| Ville Platte Gazette | Ville Platte | | Louisiana State Newspapers | |
| The Ouachita Citizen | West Monroe | | Hanna Publishing | |
| The Franklin Sun | Winnsboro | | Hanna Publishing | |

## University newspapers

* Louisiana State University – The Daily Reveille
* Louisiana Tech University – The Tech Talk
* McNeese State University – The Contraband
* Northwestern State University - The Current Sauce
* Tulane University – The Hullabaloo
* University of Louisiana at Lafayette – The Vermilion
* Xavier University of Louisiana – The Xavier Herald
* Southeastern Louisiana University - The Lion’s Roar
* Southern University - The Southern Digest
* Grambling State University - The Gramblinite

## Defunct newspapers

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
| Avoyelles Pelican | Marksville | 1859 | 186? | |
| Bastrop Daily Enterprise | Bastrop | 1904 | 2019 | |
| Baton-Rouge Gazette | | 1819 | 1856 | |
| Baton Rouge State-Times | | 1904 | 1991 | |
| Bogalusa Enterprise | | 1914 | 1918 | |
| Daily States | New Orleans | 1880 | | Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960 |
| Gazette and Sentinel | Plaquemine | 1858 | 1864 | |
| Houma Courier | | 1878 | 1939 | |
| The Independent | Lafayette | 2003 | 2017 | |
| Lafayette Advertiser | | 1865 | 19?? | |
| Louisiana Cotton-Boll | Lafayette | 1872 | 1883 | |
| Le Louisianais | Convent | 1865 | 1883 | |
| Lower Coast Gazette | Pointe à la Hache | 1909 | 1925 | |
| The Lumberjack | Alexandria | 1913 | 1913 | |
| The Meridional | Abbeville | 1856 | 1906 | |
| Le Meschacébé | Lucy | 1853 | 1942 | |
| Le Messager | Bringier | 1846 | 1860 | |
| Natchitoches Union | | 1859 | 1864 | |
| New Orleans Bee | New Orleans | 1827 | 1923 | Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans |
| New Orleans Republican | New Orleans | 1867 | 1878 | |
| North Ouachita Weekly | Sterlington | | 2019 | |
| Courrier de la Louisiane | | 1807 | 1860 | |
| The Louisianan | | 1870 | 1871 | |
| New Iberia Enterprise | | 1885 | 1902 | |
| New Orleans Item-Tribune | New Orleans | 1924 | 1958 | Began as Daily City Item in 1877 |
| L'Abeille (The New Orleans Bee) | New Orleans | 1827 | 1923 | |
| New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin | New Orleans | 1832 | 1871 | |
| New Orleans States-Item | New Orleans | 1958 | 1980 | |
| The New Orleans Tribune | New Orleans | 1864 | 1870 | |
| Opelousas Courier | Opelousas | 1852 | 1910 | |
| Opelousas Journal | Opelousas | 1868 | 1878 | |
| Opelousas Patriot | Opelousas | 1855 | 1863 | |
| El Pelayo | New Orleans | 1851 | 1852 | |
| Pioneer of Assumption | Napoleonville | 185? | 1895 | |
| Planters' Banner | Franklin | 1849 | 1872 | |
| Pointe Coupee Democrat | New Roads | 1858 | 1862 | |
| La Sentinelle de Thibodaux | | 1861 | 1866 | |
| The Shreveport Journal | Shreveport | 1897 | 1991 | |
| St. Landry Clarion | Opelousas | 1890 | 1921 | |
| The Voice of the People | New Orleans | 1913 | 19?? | |
| Weekly Louisianian | New Orleans | 1872 | 1882 | |