Providence Journal

The July 27, 2005 front page of The Providence Journal
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	A. H. Belo Corporation
Founded	1829
Headquarters	75 Fountain Street Providence, Rhode Island 02902  United States
Circulation	120,783 Daily 171,231 Sunday[1]
Website	projo.com

The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper, first published in 1829, is the oldest continually published daily newspaper in the United States. It was purchased in 1996 by the Belo Corporation. The newspaper has won four Pulitzer Prizes.

History

The newspaper began publishing as The Providence Daily Journal in 1829. In 1863, the Journal began to publish the afternoon paper The Evening Bulletin. In 1872 the first diner in America, a horse-drawn wagon serving hot food, was founded to serve the employees of the Providence Journal. The Journal dropped "Daily" from its name and became The Providence Journal in 1920. In 1992, the Bulletin was discontinued and its name was appended onto that of the morning paper: The Providence Journal-Bulletin. After beginning online service in 1995, the Journal established projo.com in 1996. In 1998, the paper's name was shortened back to The Providence Journal.^[2]

In popular culture

• In the television series Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore has a job interview at the newspaper.

References

External links

• Projo.com - The Providence Journal

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