| Founder(s) | Calvin W. Rolark |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Denise Rolark Barnes |
| Editor | D. Kevin McNeir |
| Photo editor | Shevry Lassiter |
| Staff writers | Angie Johnson, Mable Neville, Ron Taylor |
| Founded | October 16, 1964 |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
| Circulation | 50,000 |
| ISSN | 0741-9414 |
| OCLC number | 60630464 |
| Website | Washington Informer |
The Washington Informer is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. The Informer is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American population of the D.C. metropolitan area.[1] The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994),[2][3] founded the paper in 1964.[4]
At the 2011 Second Annual Ethnic Media Awards competition, the Informer received first-place honors for feature writing and local news.[5]
