List of French-language newspapers published in the United States
During the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of French-language newspapers, many short-lived, were published in the United States by Franco-Americans, immigrants from Canada, France, and other French-speaking countries. In New England alone, more than 250 journals had been established and ceased publication before 1940.[1]: 93 In the latter half of the 20th century Americanization, the adoption of mass media and the English only movement resulted in a severe decline in French-language newspapers, with many defunct by the end of the Second World War. Of those extant today, many originate from French-Canadian and Haitian-American communities living in the United States.
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Current
editThis is list of French language newspapers which are presently being published in the United States:
Newspaper | State | Town | Year established | Notes |
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Le Courrier de Floride | Florida | Miami | 2013 | Reports news with focus on Florida and U.S. issues of interest to French-speaking population of Florida and more generally. Monthly free newspaper distributed in Florida and on-line. |
Le Soleil de la Floride | Florida | Miami | 1983 | Everything of interest about Florida to French-speaking residents and visitors. Monthly between May and September and weekly from October to April free newspaper distributed in Florida and Canada with a large on-line presence. 350,000 copies are sold in Florida, 100,000 in the Canadian province of Quebec, in 35 numbers, giving around 13,000 copies by publication. |
France-Amérique | New York | New York | 1943 | During 1960s was the weekly, international edition of French daily Le Figaro. Was bi-weekly during 1977–78. Became a monthly magazine in 2008. Asserts itself to be "America’s only national French-language publication, serving an audience of French expatriates, Francophones and French-speaking Americans" and to be "America’s largest French-language magazine", with circulation of 30,500 copies and 120,000 readers.[2] |
Le Militant | New York | New York | 2012 | An international socialist paper, historically of Trotskyist perspective. Currently a newsweekly that is published in U.S. and distributed in U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Sweden and other countries. Published in English since 1928, also in Spanish since 2005, and also in French since 2012. |
Haïti Progrès | New York | Brooklyn | 1983 | Focuses on news from Haiti or concerning Haiti; published in French, in English and in Haitian Creole. |
Le Forum | Maine | Orono | 1974 | Le FORUM is a French bilingual, socio-cultural periodical published by the Franco-American Centre. It is a major voice for Franco Americans both throughout Maine and nationally, and has become a unique vehicle for the dissemination of works and information by and about Franco Americans.[3] |
Haïti en Marche | Florida | Miami | 1986 | Haiti en Marche is a weekly publication distributed in New York, Miami, Haiti, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, France, Switzerland, and has subscribers around the world. |
Haïti Observateur | New York | Brooklyn | 1971 | Haïti-Observateur is a leading Haitian weekly appealing to a broad cross-section of the Haitian community as well as the wider Caribbean market. The Haïti-Observateur has offices in New York, Montreal, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and representatives in Paris and most cities on the Eastern Seaboard and as far inland as Chicago. It has a circulation of 75,000 copies weekly. |
Carrefour Floride | Florida | Miami | 2004 | Information magazine and practical service guide distributed in Southeast Florida exclusively free of charge from November to April, serving French-speaking snowbirds and tourists at various service points in the three counties of : Miami-Dade -Broward and Palm Beach. |
Le Journal de Floride | Florida | Miami | 2004 | A publication for French-speaking readership and the Snowbirds in Florida, disseminating information across four continents: North America, South America, Southern Europe and Africa, with a varied and general content disseminating news of the day, both on the national and international stage. |
Defunct
editNewspaper | State | Town | Year established | Notes |
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Le Courrier Français[4] | California | Los Angeles | 1920 | |
Union Nouvelle[4] | California | Los Angeles | ||
Le Petit Journal[5] | California | San Francisco | ||
The Neutral[6] | Florida | Pensacola | 1847 | Also published in English. |
Le Combat[4] | Illinois | Chicago | 1889 | |
Le Bulletin Officiel[5] | Illinois | Chicago | 1894 | |
Le Petit Journal de Chicago[5] | Illinois | Chicago | 1904 | |
Le Courrier de l'Ouest[5] | Illinois | Chicago | 1903 | |
Le Courrier-Canadien[5] | Illinois | Chicago | 1904 | |
L'Echo des Deux Mondes[7] | Illinois | Chicago | 1903 | |
L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans[8] | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1827–1923 | |
La Guèpe[5] | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1910 | |
Le Louisianais[9] | Louisiana | Convent | 1865 | |
Le Moniteur De La Louisiane[10] | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1794 | |
Le Propagateur Catholique[11] | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1842 | |
Courrier de la Louisiane | Louisiana | 1807–1860 | ||
L'Union | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1862 | Also published in English |
Le Messager[4] | Maine | Lewiston | 1880 | |
La Revue | Maine | Augusta | 1911 | |
Le Figaro | Maine | Biddeford | 1895 | |
La Justice de Biddeford | Maine | Biddeford | 1911 | |
Le Courrier du Maine | Maine | Lewiston | 1906 | |
Le Petit Journal | Maine | Lewiston | 1911 | |
Le Messager | Maine | Lewiston | 1880-1966 | Unsuccessful relaunch as the Nouveau Messager in 1966–1967 |
Le Journal de Madawaska | Maine | Van Buren | 1902–1906 | |
Le Maine Français | Maine | Waterville | 1913 | |
Courier de Boston | Massachusetts | Boston | 1789 | |
La République | Massachusetts | Boston | 1876 | |
L'Indépendent | Massachusetts | Fall River | 1884-1963 | |
L'Américain | Massachusetts | Fall River | 1903 | |
Le Petit Courrier | Massachusetts | Fall River | 1907 | |
Le Correspondant | Massachusetts | Fall River | 1909 | |
La Liberté[12] | Massachusetts | Fall River | 1919 | |
Liberté[13] | Massachusetts | Fitchburg | 1920 | |
Le Citoyen[14] | Massachusetts | Haverhill | 1911 | |
Courrier de Holyoke | Massachusetts | Holyoke | 1874 | |
Le Défenseur | Massachusetts | Holyoke | 1884–1894 | |
La Presse | Massachusetts | Holyoke | 1895–1903 | |
La Justice | Massachusetts | Holyoke | 1903–1964 | Bilingual publication during final decade. |
Le Courrier National | Massachusetts | Lawrence | 1907 | |
Le Progrès | Massachusetts | Lawrence | 1907 | |
Le Courrier de Lawrence[15] | Massachusetts | Lawrence | 1911–1921 | |
Le Patriote | Massachusetts | Lawrence | 1911 | |
l'Écho du Canada | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1874 | |
La République | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1875 | |
La Sentinelle | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1880 | |
L'Abeille | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1881-1885 | |
Journal du Commerce | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1883-1885 | |
Gazette de Lowell | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1886 | |
Le Courrier des États-Unis | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1886 | |
L'Étoile | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1886–1957 | |
Le Citoyen | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1887 | |
Le Farceur | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1889 | |
L'Union[16] | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1889–1890 | |
L'Indépendance | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1890 | |
Le National | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1890–1895 | |
La Vie | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1892 | |
La République | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1901–1902 | |
Revue de Lowell | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1902–1904 | |
Le Franco-Américain | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1907 | |
Le Réveil | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1908–1909 | |
La Blette | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1909–1910 | |
La Vérité[16] | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1910 | |
Le Clairon[16] | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1911–1915 | |
Le Journal de Lowell | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1975–1995 | |
Le Courrier de Lynn | Massachusetts | Lynn | 1911 | |
Le Lynnois[13] | Massachusetts | Lynn | 1895 | |
L'Estafette | Massachusetts | Marlborough | 1907 | |
Le Petit Journal | Massachusetts | New Bedford | 1909 | |
L'Écho | Massachusetts | New Bedford | 1911 | |
L'Indépendant[13] | Massachusetts | New Bedford | 1910 | |
Le journal | Massachusetts | New Bedford | 1911 | |
Le Courrier de Salem[13] | Massachusetts | Salem | 1902 | |
L'Ouvrier | Massachusetts | Southbridge | 1903 | |
Le Guide du Peuple | Massachusetts | Spencer | 1886 | |
Le Forestier | Massachusetts | Springfield | 1910 | |
Le Journal de Taunton | Massachusetts | Taunton | 1882 | |
Le Travailleur | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1874 | |
Le Courrier de Worcester | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1880 | |
Le Saint-Jean Baptiste | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1883 | |
Le Canadien Américain | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1907–1912 | |
Le Journal | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1907 | |
L'Opinion Publique[13] | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1893 | |
L'Ouest Français[4] | Michigan | Bay City | 1888 | |
Le Moniteur Français[4] | Michigan | Detroit | 1910 | |
L'oeil[4] | Minnesota | Minneapolis | 1893 | |
Echo de L'Ouest[4] | Minnesota | Minneapolis | 1915 | |
Voix du Lac[4] | Minnesota | Minneapolis | 1893 | |
Le Canadien[4] | Minnesota | St. Paul | 1903 | |
Patriote et le phare des Lacs Réunis[4] | Missouri | St. Louis | 1878 | |
La Voix du Peuple | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1869 | |
Courrier du New Hampshire | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1886 | |
L'Avenir National[13] | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1888 | |
La Revue Rose | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1906 | |
La New England | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1907 | |
La Nation | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1908 | |
Le Canado-Américain | New Hampshire | Manchester | 1911 | |
Le Réveil | New Hampshire | Manchester | ||
L'Impartial | New Hampshire | Nashua | 1911 | |
Le Progrès[13] | New Hampshire | Nashua | 1912 | |
La Patrie | New York | Cohoes | 1887 | |
Le Drapeau National | New York | Glen Falls | 1881 | |
Courrier des États-Unis[4] | New York | New York City | 1828 | |
La Feuille D'Érable | New York | New York City | 1887 | |
Courrier des États-Unis[12] | New York | New York City | 1909 | |
Gazette Franco-Américaine[12] | New York | New York City | 1920 | |
Amérique[12] | New York | New York City | 1933 | |
France-Amérique[17] | New York | New York City | 1943 | Changed to a magazine format after 2008 |
Le Canadien des États | New York | Plattsburgh | 1884 | |
Le National | New York | Plattsburgh | 1886 | |
Le Messager Canadien | New York | Plattsburgh | 1903 | |
Le Canadien-Français | New York | Plattsburgh | 1905 | |
Le Progrès | New York | Plattsburgh | 1909 | |
L'Union des Travailleurs | Pennsylvania | Charleroi | 1910 | |
Le courier de l'Amerique[18] | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1792 | |
L'Abeille américaine | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1815 | |
La Justice | Rhode Island | Central Falls | 1907 | |
La Vérité | Rhode Island | Central Falls | 1911 | |
Le Jean Baptiste | Rhode Island | Pawtucket | 1907 | |
Liberté | Rhode Island | Providence | 1916 | |
La Voix de la Vallée | Rhode Island | West Warwick | 1909 | |
Le Courrier de Woonsocket | Rhode Island | Woonsocket | 1883 | |
La Tribune[19][13] | Rhode Island | Woonsocket | 1895 | |
L'Union[13] | Rhode Island | Woonsocket | 1900 | Official publication of L'Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique. |
Le Devoir | Rhode Island | Woonsocket | 1912 | |
La Révolution Canadienne | Vermont | Burlington | 1838 | |
Le Patriote Canadien | Vermont | Burlington | 1839–1840 | |
L'Idée Nouvelle | Vermont | Burlington | 1869 | |
Le Protecteur Canadien | Vermont | St. Albans | ||
Le Nord Américain[20] | Vermont | Swanton | 1839 | |
L'Union Canadienne | Vermont | Vergennes | 1870–1920 |
References
edit- ^ Ham, Edward Billings (March 1938). "Journalism and the French Survival in New England". The New England Quarterly. 11 (1). The New England Quarterly, Inc.: 89–107. doi:10.2307/360562. JSTOR 360562.
- ^ "About France-Amérique". France-Amérique.
- ^ "Le Forum". Université du Maine.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Publications in Foreign Languages: French", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1884
- ^ a b c d e f "List of Newspapers and Periodicals Printed Wholly or in Part in Languages Other Than English: French", Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory, New York: Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 1880
- ^ "The Neutral (Pensacola [Fla.]) 1847-1848". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "French Publications in the United States", French Newspapers and Periodicals of Canada and the United States, Quebec: Canadian Advertising, Limited, 1913
- ^ "Publications in Foreign Languages: French", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1907, hdl:2027/ien.35556000550921
- ^ "Le Louisianais (Paroisse Saint-Jacques [Louisiana]) 1865-1883 [Online Resource]". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "Moniteur De La Louisiane ([New Orleans, La.]) 1794-1815 No. 376". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Le Propagateur Catholique ("The Catholic Propagator") was a 19th-century American, French-language, Roman Catholic newspaper. It was founded in 1842 at the newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop Napoléon-Joseph Perché.[1][2] The first editor was Adrien Rouquette. Le Propagateur was published until 1888.
- ^ a b c d "French United States Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Massachusetts". N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory (1923 ed.). Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son. 1923. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Publications in Foreign Languages: French", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/uc1.$b436690
- ^ The State Library of Massachusetts (Historical Newspapers), 2010 Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- ^ a b c Center for Lowell History (Historical Newspapers), University of Massachusetts, Lowell Libraries
- ^ "About France-Amérique". France-Amérique. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Le courier de l'Amerique. J. Parker. 1792.
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ignored (help) - ^ Gerard J. Brault (1986), French-Canadian Heritage in New England, Hanover: University Press of New England, ISBN 978-0874513585
- ^ Vermont Newspaper Project, Newspaper Publishing History
Further reading
edit- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "French-American Press". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
- Paul Paré (1979). Albert, Renaud S. (ed.). A Franco-American Overview, Volume I. Cambridge: National Assessment and Dissemination Center. pp. 237–260.
- Robert B. Perreault (1984). Quintal, Claire (ed.). Quatrième Colloque de l'Institut français : Le journalisme de langue française aux États-Unis. Quebec City: Conseil de la vie française en Amérique. pp. 9–34.
- Edward Larocque Tinker (1932), "Bibliography of the French newspapers and periodicals of Louisiana" (PDF), Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol. 42, Part 2 (Issue also includes other lists related to French-language Louisiana newspapers)
- George Parker Winship (1920). "French Newspapers in the United States from 1790 to 1800". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 14. hdl:2027/mdp.39015022752516.