The New Journal and Guide is Virginias oldest Black weekly newspaper and part of what makes Norfolk great. Now celebrating more than 100 years of continuous publication, it is a proud member of the African American Press comprising some 300 newspapers across the nation.Begun in Norfolk in 1900 by the Supreme Lodge Knights of Gideon, a Black fraternal order, it was originally called the Gideon Safe Guide. The name later was changed to the Lodge Norfolk and Guide, and from 1910 to 1991, it was called both the Norfolk Journal and Guide and the Journal and Guide. Since 1991, it has been called the New Journal and Guide.The New Journal and Guide is Hampton Roads' oldest, most widely read and most respected weekly source of information. This African American newspaper serves the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, and Suffolk. The New Journal and Guide is a broadsheet published weekly each Thursday celebrating over 100 years as a Hampton Roads, VA institution.