Coventry Courier
The Coventry Courier is a weekly community newspaper serving Coventry, Rhode Island. Part of the Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers group, it provides comprehensive coverage of local government, high school sports, and community events, offering residents a dedicated source for news specific to their town and surrounding areas.
MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN RHODE ISLAND
Despite its small geographic footprint, the nation's smallest state maintains a highly concentrated media market anchored by a single major metro daily surrounded by hyper-local community weeklies. The Gannett-owned Providence Journal dominates statewide circulation and remains the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the United States. Beyond this primary broadsheet, residents rely on established publications like the Cranston Herald, a locally owned weekly, and the student-run Brown Daily Herald, which has printed collegiate and local news since 1891. Serving bilingual populations, publications such as Acontecer Latino provide vital Spanish-language reporting to growing Hispanic communities around the capital. Paperboy indexes 23 Rhode Island newspapers — browse the full directory below.
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