{{short description|Newspaper}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = ''The Dallas Examiner'' | logo = | caption = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = | founded = {{start date and age|1986}} | founder = Fred Finch, Jr. | ceased_publication = | owners = | publisher = Mollie Finch Belt | editor = Robyn Jimenez | language = English | political_position = | headquarters = 4510 Malcolm X Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215 | circulation = 5,000 | circulation_date = 2023 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Texas Newspaper Directory |url=https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044946/https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-date=2023-05-03 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Texas Press Association}}</ref> | ISSN = | website = {{URL|http://www.dallasexaminer.com/}} }}
'' '''The Dallas Examiner''' '' is a weekly newspaper that covers the African-American community in Dallas-Fort Worth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blacknews.com/directory/black_african_american_newspapers.shtml|title="Top Black Newspapers"|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.blacknews.com}}</ref>
== History == The newspaper was founded in 1986 by Fred Finch, Jr., an influential attorney and civil rights leader, along with his wife, Mildred Finch, a math teacher described by the ''New York Times'' as "almost legendary in her dedication to her students and community."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Applebome|first=Peter|date=1986-03-23|title=MURDERED COUPLE MOURNED BY DALLAS BLACKS (Published 1986)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/23/us/murdered-couple-mourned-by-dallas-blacks.html|access-date=2020-12-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Financed entirely by the Finches, it was originally mailed to subscribers. It is the largest Black-owned broadsheet newspaper in Dallas-Fort Worth, and the first Black-owned newspaper to be published digitally.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Dallas Examiner Gives Voice to Black Community|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/the-dallas-examiner-give-voice-to-african-american-community/54027/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|language=en-US}}</ref>
Fred and Mildred Finch were murdered after four issues of ''The Dallas Examiner'' were published. Their daughter, Mollie Finch Belt, assumed the role of publisher following the death of her parents.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-17|title=Dallas Examiner Publisher Mollie Belt to Receive NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award|url=https://www.washingtoninformer.com/dallas-examiner-publisher-mollie-belt-to-receive-nnpa-lifetime-achievement-award/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=The Washington Informer|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2002, it was named "Best Weekly Newspaper" by the Texas Publisher's Association. It was also named "Best Weekly Newspaper" by the regional chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Belt|first=Mollie|url=http://marc.thehistorymakers.org/A2013.023.htm|title=The HistoryMakers video oral history with Mollie Belt.|last2=Crowe|first2=Larry F|last3=Hickey|first3=Matthew|last4=HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection)|date=2016|language=English|oclc=994208954}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On June 28, 2023, the City of Dallas approved a $170,988 grant to help fund renovations and construction costs for the newspapers's headquarters. The entire project is expected to cost $184,000. CEO and publisher Mollie Finch Belt is also contributing $13,450 in owners’ equity. Other funding comes from the South Dallas-Fair Park Opportunity Fund. The building at South Dallas-Fair Park was built in 1950. It had been used as a law office until about seven years ago when the newspaper moved in.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Nathan |last2=Farris |first2=Gloria |date=2023-06-29 |title=Black-owned Dallas newspaper gets $170,000 from city for building renovations |url=https://www.keranews.org/news/2023-06-29/black-owned-dallas-newspaper-gets-170-000-from-city-for-building-renovations |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=KERA News |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Weekly newspapers published in Texas Category:Newspapers published in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Category:Newspapers established in 1986 Category:1986 establishments in Texas
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