The Washington Informer is an African American, woman owned newspaper founded on October 16, 1964 by the late Dr. Calvin W. Rolark. Over the past 38 years, the Washington Informer has grown from an 8 to 12 page weekly to an average of 32 pages or more covering a broad range of topics including politics, education, business, health, fianc©, religion, sports, national and international affairs, concerns of the elderly, and so much more.The Washington Informer is published on Thursday, and has a current readership of more than 50,000 residents in the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland and Virginia. The newspaper is distributed by mail to more than 4,000 households, and more than 150 vendors, news boxes and other outlets in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. In addition, the Washington Informer is delivered to more than 30 churches, local schools and senior citizens homes.The Washington Informer is in the Washington DC, Hagerstown, DC DMA. The Washington Informer is an African-American publication, that offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. This is a tabloid format, free publication serving more than 50,000 African-American readers throughout the metropolitan area.