Newspapers

See also Newspaper Databases.

Pittsburgh Daily Newspapers

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  http://www.post-gazette.com/
  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.
  You can now also sign up to get the headlines by email.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette NewsBank Database Search - 1990-Current
  Click the above address for use within the library.
  For Remote Access with a library card barcode: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh or eiNetwork library.
  Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
  This is an online subscription database of Post-Gazette newspaper articles accessible from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Library and branches and other Allegheny County public libraries (within the EINetwork) and remotely with an EINetwork library card barcode number.

• Newslibrary at NewsBank
  http://www.newslibrary.com/
  If you don't have an Allegheny County library card, 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 is $3.50 as of 3/16/2005.
• Tribune-Review
  http://www.triblive.com/
  A second daily newspaper in Pittsburgh
  • Search Current Issues
  • Archive Search
    This archive contains most locally written articles that have appeared in the Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review between early 1988 and February 2002.

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Other Daily Newspapers
in Southwestern Pennsylvania

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

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Weekly Newspapers in the Pittsburgh Region

• The Almanac
  http://www.thealmanac.net/
  The South Hills weekly newspaper from McMurray.

• City Paper
  http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/
  free entertainment and news weekly. Now includes an archive of previous articles.
• Gateway Newspapers
  http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/
  Weekly newspapers from surrounding communities. If your town doesn't appear below, click above to see which paper covers your community.
  
  Advance Leader
  Serving Oakmont, Verona
  Bridgeville Area News
  Serving Bridgeville, Collier, Heidelberg, Scott, South Fayette
  Coraopolis - Moon Record
  Serving Coraopolis, Crescent, Moon, Neville Island
  Serving Adams, Cranberry, Mars, Middlesex, Seven Fields, Valencia, Zelienople
  Fox Chapel Herald
  Serving the (Allegheny River) Valley
  McKnight Journal
  Serving McCandless, Ross Township, West View
  Murrysville Star
  Serving Delmont, Export, Murrysville, Penn Township
  North Journal
  Serving Bradford Woods, Franklin Park, Marshall, Pine, Richland
  Norwin Star
  Serving North Huntingdon, Irwin, North Irwin
  Penn Hills Progress
  Penn Trafford Star
  Pine Creek Journal
  Serving Trafford Borough, Manor Borough, Penn Borough, Penn Township
  Plum Advance Leader
  Serving Center, East Oakmont, Holiday Park, Logans Ferry, Regency, Renton, Unity
  Sewickley Herald
  Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley
  Signal Item
  Serving Carnegie, Crafton, Green Tree, Rosslyn Farms
  South Hills Record
  Serving Baldwin, Baldwin Township, Brentwood, Jefferson Hills, Pleasant Hills, Whitehall
  Times-Express
  Serving Monroeville, Pitcairn Serving Findlay, North Fayette, Oakdale
  Woodland Progress
  Serving Chalfant, Churchill, Edgewood, Forest Hills, Turtle Creek, Wilkins Township
• Greene County Messenger
  http://www.greenemessenger.com/
  Located in Waynesburg in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania.
• Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh
  http://www.pittchron.com/
  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.
• New Pittsburgh Courier Online
  http://www.newpittsburghcourier.com/
  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.
• Pittsburgh Business Times
  http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/
  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
  http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/
  The Pittsburgh Catholic is the official weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
• Pittsburgh Pennysaver
  http://www.pittsburghpennysaver.com/
  Classified ads in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• South Pittsburgh Reporter
  http://www.sopghreporter.com/
  A free weekly serving the South Pittsburgh Neighborhoods of Allentown, Arlington, Beltzhoover, Bon Air, Carrick, Knoxville, Mt. Oliver, Mt. Washington, and South Side.

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Pittsburgh College Newspapers

• Carnegie Mellon University The Tartan
• The Duquesne Duke
  student online newspaper of Duquesne University
• Duquesne University Times
  The Duquesne University Times is a bi-weekly publications from the Office of Public Affairs.
• The Globe
  Point Park University's student-run weekly newspaper.
• Pitt News
  http://www.pittnews.com/
  An independent student-written and student-managed newspaper for the Oakland campus of the University of Pittsburgh; published Monday-Friday during the school year, weekly in summer.
• University of Pittsburgh University Times
  official biweekly publication from the University of Pittsburgh, Office of Student and Public Affairs

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Pennsylvania

• Newslink: Pennsylvania Newspapers
  http://newslink.org/panews.html
  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

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Directories

• ABYZ News Links
  Links to the websites of more than 18,800 newspapers and other news sources from around the world
• NewsLink: Newspapers
  Links to newspapers arranged by state in the United States, by campus, and by Non-US country
  • Top Sites
    Most-linked-to local news sites in U.S. by type
• American Media Columnist Index
  Check here for links to articles by your favorite newspaper columnist!

• Editor & Publisher Media Links
  An extensive international collection of newspapers and media online from the media trade magazine.
• Internet Public Library: Newspapers
  Links to newspaper by continent, then country. For the US, by state. College papers as well as city dailies.
• Newseum
  http://www.newseum.org/
  The "Newseum" is a new museum of news opening in Washington D.C. at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street in 2007. On their website, you can view "today's front pages": 561 front pages from 56 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
  http://www.usnpl.com/
  Links to newspapers by state, as well as links to TV and Radio Stations.