The Washington Informer

{{Short description|Newspaper in Washington, D.C.}} {{See also|List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Washington Informer | logo = | image = | caption = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = | owners = | publisher = Denise Rolark Barnes | editor = Micha Green | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = Shevry Lassiter | staff_writers = Austin R. Cooper, Jr., Brenda Siler, James Wright, Jr., Kayla Benjamin, Sam P.K. Collins, Stacy Brown, Lindiwe Vilakazi, Richard Elliott | founded = {{Start date and age|October 16, 1964}} | founder = Calvin W. Rolark | political_position = | language = | ceased_publication = | headquarters = Washington, DC | circulation = 50,000 | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = 0741-9414 | oclc = 60630464 | website = [http://www.washingtoninformer.com Washington Informer] }} [[File:The Washington Informer dispenser (partially blocked).jpg|thumb|upright|''The Washington Informer'' dispenser at Huntington metro station]] '''''The Washington Informer''''' is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. ''The Informer'' is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American population of the D.C. metropolitan area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Danky |first=James Philip |url=http://archive.org/details/africanamericanne00dank |title=African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography |last2=Hady |first2=Maureen E. |date=1998 |publisher=Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press |others=Mark Graham |isbn=978-0-674-00788-8 |pages=602}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Insider's Guide: Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher, Washington Informer | publisher = Cultural Tourism DC| access-date = 2012-01-14| url = http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/blog/insiders-guide-denise-rolark-barnes-publisher-washington-informer }}</ref> The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/10/25/crusading-publisher-calvin-rolark-dies/659662d5-9743-47e7-afce-3d3f0ea4c1ab/|title=Crusading Publisher Calvin Rolark Dies|newspaper=Washington Post|first=Claudia|last= Levy|date=October 25, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtoninformer.com/in-memoriam-dr-calvin-w-rolark-sr/|title=In Memoriam: Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr.|newspaper=Washington Informer|date=May 17, 2017}}</ref> founded the paper in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedcline.org/2019/03/28/washington-informer-publisher-denise-rolark-barnes-strives-to-carry-on-her-fathers-mission/|title=Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes strives to carry on her father's mission|first=Kate|last=Oczypok|website=The DC Line|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>

At the 2011 Second Annual Ethnic Media Awards competition, the ''Informer'' received first-place honors for feature writing and local news.<ref>{{Cite web | title = The Washington Informer wins three first-place Ethnic Media Awards honors | access-date = 2012-01-14 | url = http://www.targetmarketnews.com/storyid03141102.htm }}</ref>

== Contributors == Contributors to the publication include notable writers, political activists and editors such as: *Rob Redding

==Statistics== * Total circulation: 50,000{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} ** District of Columbia ** Prince George's County ** Montgomery County ** Northern Virginia * Trade association memberships ** National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) ** Newspaper Association of America (NAA) ** Maryland, Delaware DC Press Association (MDDC)

==See also== {{Portal|United States|Journalism}} *Wilhelmina Rolark, former owner of the paper

==References== {{Reflist}}

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