During revolutionary times, Virginia claimed its borders stretched to Canada and the Mississippi River — an area bigger than Texas and California combined.
Jeff South
Jeff South is an associate professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he taught journalism from 1997 to 2020. Previously, he was a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 20 years in Texas, Arizona and Virginia. He can be reached at JeffSouthRVA@gmail.com.
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Why three Colonial-era newspapers in Williamsburg called themselves The Virginia Gazette — and even published at the same time
Untangling the history of Virginia’s first newspaper and the homonymous publications that followed, each with a claim to fame in the annals of journalism.
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Channeling the life story of the first woman to publish a newspaper in Virginia
At Colonial Williamsburg, Emma Cross has portrayed Clementina Rind, who printed calls for independence from Britain as the American Revolution approached.