Monday, April 25, 2011



 Newspaper Mottoes
How newspapers of the United States have described themselves to their readers



It was once common for a newspaper to state a motto (slogan, tagline) in its nameplate on Page One. Like the New York Times' "All the News That's Fit to Print," the motto was a statement of principle for some newspapers; for others, such as theChicago Tribune ("World's Greatest Newspaper") or the Allentown Morning Call ("Lehigh Valley's Greatest Newspaper"), it was simply a chest-out boast. What follows are some mottoes that have flown under the flags of American newspapers through the years. 


Worth Looking Into
--Aberdeen (S.D.) American News
The Newspaper That Pays for Itself
--Abilene (Tex.) Reporter News
Give Light and the People Will Find Their Way
--(Albuquerque) New Mexico State Tribune (adopted by all Scripps-Howard newspapers) [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
A Fearless And Wide-Awake Democratic Newspaper
--The (Alexandria, La.) Weekly Town Talk
Lehigh Valley's Greatest Newspaper
--The (Allentown, Pa.) Morning Call
If You Don't Want It Printed, Don't Let It Happen
--The Aspen (Colo.) Daily News [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
For x Years The South's Standard Newspaper
--The Atlanta Constitution
Covers Dixie Like The Dew
--The Atlanta Journal
South's Oldest Newspaper--Established 1785
--The (Augusta, Ga.) Chronicle
The Great Newspaper of the Southern San Joaquin Valley
--The Bakersfield (Calif.) Californian
Light For All
--The (Baltimore) Sun
Maine's Largest Daily Newspaper
--(Bangor, Me.) Daily News
At the Crossroads of West Texas
--Big Spring (Texas) Herald [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
A Clean Newsy Newspaper For the Home
--The (Beaver, Pa.) Daily Times
The Hometown Newspaper Of The Southern Tier
--The (Binghamton, N.Y) Evening Press

Liked by Many, Cussed by Some, Read by Them All
--The Blackshear (Ga.) Times
Fanning the Flames of Discontent
--(Boonville, Mo.) Anderson Valley Advertiser
The Gimlet -- It Bores In.
--(Brownsville, Ky.) Edmonson News
Boston's Independent Newspaper
--Boston Traveler
America's Most Colorful Newspaper
--Burlington (Vt.) Free Press [Thanks to John Engels, International Business Initiatives--IBI]
To Give The News Impartially, Without Fear or Favor.
                                --Chattanooga Times Free Press [Thanks to Bill Peterson]
An Independent Newspaper
--Chicago Daily News
World's Greatest Newspaper
--Chicago Tribune
Open to all Parties--but influenced by none
--The (Cincinnati) Centinel of the North-Western Territory
The Newspaper That Serves Its Readers
--The Cleveland Press
Independent But Not Neutral
                                          --Colebrook (N.H.) News and Sentinel

A Weekly Newspaper for the Mutual Benefit of Ourselves, Colleton and Beaufort Districts and Mankind Generally.
--Colleton and Beaufort (S.C.) Sun [Thanks to Debbie van Tuyll, Augusta State University]
Independent Since 1880 / America's Oldest Independent College Daily
--The Cornell Daily Sun [Thanks to Donna Kramer]
Continuously Published for x Years
--The Dallas Times Herald
The Voice of the Rocky Mountain Empire
--The Denver Post
Colorado's First Newspaper--Founded in 1859
--(Denver) Rocky Mountain News
On Guard for x Years
--The Detroit Free Press
The Home Newspaper For More Than x Years
--The Detroit News
America's Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper
--Hartford Courant [Thanks to Diego Sorbara]
Houston's Family Newspaper
--Houston Chronicle
Mississippi's Leading Newspaper For More Than A Century
--The (Jackson) Clarion-Ledger
A Leader In The Growth And Development Of Florida And The South For x Years
--The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union
America's No. 1 Small City / Capital of the East Texas Oil Field
--Kilgore (Tex.) News Herald
The Oldest Newspaper West of the Mississippi
--(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette
Long Island's Only-Online Newspaper
--The Long Island Times [Thanks to Denise Newton]
An Independent Democratic Newspaper Of The First Class Unchallenged In Its Field
--The Longview (Tex.) Daily News
Largest Circulation In The Entire West
--Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Largest Circulation In The West
--Los Angeles Times
The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Damn About Yerington
--Mason Valley (Nev.) News
Your GOOD NEWSpaper!
--The McKenzie (Tenn.) Banner
Florida's Most Complete Newspaper (also, Florida's Complete Newspaper)
--The Miami Herald
Central And South Alabama's Largest Evening Newspaper
--(Montgomery) Alabama Journal
Serving America's International Gateway Since 1837
--The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune
The Lively One, With a Mind of Its Own
--The (New Orleans) States-Item [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
The Truth is Always Fair
--(New Orleans) Daily Truth [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
The Best Paper, the Brightest Paper, the Cheapest Paper
--(New Orleans)Evening Chronicle [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
The Only Louisiana Newspaper for a Dime a Week
--(New Orleans) Evening Telegram [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
Patroness of Peace, Commerce, and the Liberal Arts
--The (New York) American Minerva
New York's Picture Newspaper
--(New York) Daily News
Established x Years Ago. A European Edition Is Published Daily In Paris
--New York Herald-Tribune
It Shines For All.
--The New York Sun
All The News That's Fit to Print
--The New York Times
Haec olim meminisse juvabit [It will profit us to remember these things in the future. Virgil.]
--Niles' Weekly Register
Good Paper, Good Ink, Good Work and Prompt Delivery
--Osceola (Ark.) Times
Discover What's In It For You
--(Palmdale, Calif.) Antelope Valley Press
The Oldest Daily Newspaper In The United States--Founded 1771 / An Independent Newspaper For All The People
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The State's Greatest Newspaper
--The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic
Published In The Interests Of The Oregon Country And Its People
--(Portland) Oregon Journal
Going where no dog has gone before -- and without a leash!
The only good sacred cow is medium rare with fries.
--The Putnam Pit (Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee) [Thanks to Geoff Davidian, publisher]
The Mountain West's First Newspaper
--(Salt Lake City) Deseret News
A Constructive Force In The Community
--San Antonio (Tex.) Light
The City's Only Home-Owned Newspaper
--San Francisco Chronicle
Monarch of the Dailies
--San Franciso Examiner
San Francisco's Evening Newspaper
--News Call Bulletin
The Oldest Daily Newspaper In Southern California
--Santa Barbara News-Press
The West's Oldest Newspaper...Founded 1849
--The (Santa Fe) New Mexican
Light of the Coastal Empire
--Savannah Morning News [Thanks to Julia Muller, Savannah Now]
Today's News Today
--Schenectady (N.Y.) Union-Star
The Great Newspaper Of The Great Northwest (also, The Voice of the Northwest)
--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service
--St.Louis Post-Dispatch
Oldest Newspaper in Minnesota
--St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Hometown Folks Serving Hometown Folks for Over 20 Years (Also Serving Sylacauga and Pell City)
--The Talledega (Ala.) Daily Home [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
One of America's Great Newspapers--In One of America's Great Cities
--The Toledo Blade
116 Years In the Town Too Tough To Die/No Tombstone Is Complete Without Its Epitaph
--Tombstone (Ariz.) Epitaph [Thanks to Charles Walker]
Oklahoma's Greatest Newspaper / Reliability, Character, Enterprise
--Tulsa Daily World
Kansas' Leading Home Newspaper For x Years
--The Wichita Eagle
Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1916
--(Wiggins, Miss) Stone County Enterprise [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
An International Daily Newspaper
--Christian Science Monitor
Righteousness Exalteth A Nation
--Freedom's Journal
The World Is Governed Too Much
--The Globe
Our Country Is The World--Our Countrymen Are Mankind
--The Liberator
Right Is Of No Sex, Truth Is Of No Color, God Is The Father of Us All, And We Are All Brethren.
--The North Star
Power Is Always Stealing From The Many To The Few
--United States' Telegraph
It Screams
--The (Whitesburg, KY) Mountain Eagle [Thanks to Hunter Marks]