Newspapers, LDS

From The Encyclopedia of Mormonism

See this page in the original 1992 publication.

Author: Nelson, Jack A.

The Latter-day Saints have seldom been without a Church-sponsored or -oriented newspaper from the days of The Evening and the Morning Star (Independence, Missouri, 1832-1833, and Kirtland, Ohio, 1833-1834) to the current Deseret News (Salt Lake City, 1850-) and Church News (1931-). Even during their exodus to the West, the Saints could read their Frontier Guardian (Kanesville, Iowa, 1849-1852). For a time they supported both a religious Church paper and a single-sheet local newspaper. Such paired papers were The Upper Missouri Advertiser (Independence, 1832-1833) and The Evening and the Morning Star; the Northern Times (Kirtland, c. 1835-1836) and the Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate (1834-1837); and the Wasp (Nauvoo, 1842-1843) replaced by the Nauvoo Neighbor (1843-1845) and the Times and Seasons (1839-1846).

When Latter-day Saints settle in an area, they often start an unofficial Church-oriented paper to share local news and to keep posted on the international Church. Some of the best-known unofficial twentieth-century local LDS newspapers are California Intermountain News (Los Angeles, 1935-1985, which became Latter-day Sentinel 1985-1989), the Latter-day Sentinel (Phoenix, Arizona 1979-1989), and the Hawaii Record Bulletin (Honolulu, 1977-), currently Hawaii LDS News. [See the chart of Church periodicals in the Appendix.]

[edit] Bibliography

McLaws, Monte Burr. Spokesman for the Kingdom: Early Mormon Journalism and the Deseret News, 1830 -1898. Provo, Utah, 1977.

JACK A. NELSON

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