List of Latter Day Saint periodicals

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The following is a list of periodicals published by or about various Latter Day Saint movements.

Title	Operation	Format	Purpose	Publisher	Location	Notes
Evening and Morning Star	1832-1834	monthly newspaper	Official organ of the Church	W. W. Phelps	Independence, Missouri	Press destroyed in 1833. Oliver Cowdery resumed in Kirtland, Ohio.^[1]
Upper Missouri Advertiser, The	1832-1833	weekly newspaper	Community news and advertising	W. W. Phelps	Independence, Missouri	Press destroyed in 1833.
Messenger and Advocate	1834-1837	monthly newspaper	Official organ of the Church	Oliver Cowdery, editor	Kirtland, Ohio	Replaced Evening and Morning Star. Later editors: John Whitmer, Warren A. Cowdery.^[2]
Elders' Journal	1837-1838	monthly newspaper	Official organ of the Church	Don Carlos Smith, editor	Kirtland, Ohio	Two issues in Ohio and two more from Far West, Missouri.
Times and Seasons	1839-1846	monthly / semi-monthly newspaper	Official organ of the Church	Don Carlos Smith, editor	Nauvoo, Illinois	Later editors: Joseph Smith, Jr., John Taylor and Willard Richards.
Millennial Star	1840-1970	monthly / semi-monthly / weekly newspaper	Official Brittish LDS periodical	British Mission	Manchester, England	Replaced by the Ensign in 1970.
Gospel Reflector	1841-1841	semi-monthly	Independent LDS religious messages	Benjamin Winchester, editor	Philadelphia
The Wasp	1842-1843	weekly newspaper	Pro-LDS news	William Smith	Nauvoo, Illinois	Replaced by Nauvoo Neighbor.
Nauvoo Neighbor	1843-1845	weekly newspaper	Pro-LDS news	John Taylor	Nauvoo, Illinois	Replaced The Wasp. Replaced by Hancock Eagle.
Gospel Light	1843-1844	occasional newspaper	Defense of LDS doctrine	John E. Page	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Replaced by People's Organ.
People's Organ	1844	biweekly newspaper	LDS-oriented doctrine and news	John E. Page	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Replaced Gospel Light.
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate	1844-1846	monthly / semi-monthly newspaper	Rigdonite Church of Christ messages	Ebenezer Robinson	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Named after the 1834 paper. Became Messenger and Advocate of the Church of Christ in 1845.
The Prophet	1844-1845	weekly newspaper	LDS news and issues	Parley P. Pratt	New York City	Also edited by William Smith and Samuel Brannan. Renamed New York Messenger during 1845.
Hancock Eagle	1845-1846	weekly newspaper	General news	Dr. W. E. Matlack	Nauvoo, Illinois	Replaced Nauvoo Neighbor. Sold to become New Citizen on Matlack's death.
Nauvoo New Citizen	1846-1847	weekly newspaper	Anti-LDS news	Samuel Slocum	Nauvoo, Illinois	Replaced Hancock Eagle.
Prophwyd y Jubili (Prophet of the Jubilee)	1846-1848	monthly newspaper	Official LDS periodical in Wales	Dan Jones	Rhydybont, Wales	In Welsh. Printed in Carmarthen in 1848. Succeeded by Udgorn Seion.
Udgorn Seion (Zion's Trumpet)	1849-1862	monthly / biweekly / weekly newspaper	Official LDS periodical in Wales	John Davis	Carmarthen, Wales	In Welsh. Replaced Prophwyd y Jubili. Later produced by Dan Jones, Daniel Daniels, Benjamin Evans, George Q. Cannon, at Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea, Liverpool.
The Frontier Guardian	1849-1852	biweekly newspaper	Pro-LDS news	Orson Hyde	Kanesville, Iowa	Was the LDS Church's only periodical in the U.S. for over a year.
Deseret News	1850-current	weekly / semi-weekly / daily newspaper	Voice of the State of Deseret	LDS Church	Salt Lake City, Utah	Other names include Deseret Evening News and Deseret Morning News.
Étoile du Déséret (Star of Deseret)	1851-1852^[3]	monthly newspaper	Official LDS periodical in France	John Taylor, editor	Paris, France	In French.
Skandinaviens Stjerne (Star of Scandinavia)	1851-1956	monthly / semi-monthly	Official LDS periodical in Scandinavia	Erastus Snow, editor	Copenhagen, Denmark	In Danish.
Zion's Panier (Zion's Banner)	1851-1852	monthly / semi-monthly		John Taylor	Hamburg, Germany	In German.
The Seer	1853-1854	monthly magazine	Official periodical defending the LDS Church	Orson Pratt	Washington, D.C.
Zion's Watchman	1853-?	monthly		Augustus Farnham	Sydney, Australia
The Mormon	1854-1857	weekly newspaper	Defending the LDS Church	John Taylor	New York City
Zion's Messenger	1854-1854		Gladdenite messages	Gladden Bishop	Council Bluffs, Iowa
Journal of Discourses	1854-1886	sixteen-page semi-monthly	Sermons of LDS leaders	George D. Watt	Liverpool, England	Watt was succeeded by David W. Evans, then George W. Gibbs.
St. Louis Luminary	1854-1855	weekly newspaper	LDS Church events, emigration news	Erastus Snow, editor	St. Louis
Der Darsteller der Heiligen der letzten Tage	1855-1861	monthly		Daniel Tyler	Geneva, Switzerland	In German. Later published at Bern and Zürich.
Western Standard	1856-1857	weekly newspaper	Defense of LDS Church	George Q. Cannon	San Francisco
Saints' Herald	1860-current	newspaper / magazine	Official RLDS periodical	Herald House	Cincinnati	Was True Latter Day Saints' Herald until 1876. Now titled The Herald. Later published from Plano, IL, Lamoni, IA, Independence, MO.
Die Reform	1862-1864	monthly		John L. Smith	Geneva, Switzerland	In German.
Juvenile Instructor	1866-1930	monthly	LDS youth	George Q. Cannon	Salt Lake City, Utah	Official Sunday School publication from 1901. Replaced by The Instructor.
Keepapitchinin (Keep-A-Pitchinin)	1867-1871	occasional / semi-weekly newspaper	humor	George J. Taylor, editor	Salt Lake City, Utah	Editors were sons of Apostles John Taylor, Charles C. Rich, and Willard Richards. Orson Pratt contributed occasionally.^[4]
Der Stern (The Star)	1869-1999	monthly / semi-monthly magazine	Official LDS periodical in Germany.	Karl G. Maeser	Zürich, Switzerland	In German. Semi-monthly from 1882 to 1940. Later published from Hamburg, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfurt.
Woman's Exponent	1872-1914	monthly newspaper	Independent voice for LDS women	Lula Greene Richards	Salt Lake City, Utah	Emmeline B. Wells was editor in 1872-1914.
Nordstjernan	1877-?	semi-monthly		John C. Sandberg, editor	Goteborg, Sweden	In Danish. Later published from Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Contributor	1879-1896	monthly	Independent periodical for LDS youth	Junius F. Wells	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced by Improvement Era.
Ungdommens Raadgiver (Counselor of Youth)	1880-1887	monthly	Danish LDS youth	Andrew Jenson, editor	Copenhagen, Denmark	In Danish.
Young Woman's Journal	1897-1929	monthly	LDS young women	YLMIA	Salt Lake City, Utah	Absorbed into Improvement Era.
Improvement Era	1897-1970	monthly magazine	Official LDS Church magazine	LDS Church	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced The Contributor. Replaced by the New Era and the Ensign.
Southern Star	1898-1900	weekly newspaper	LDS news and doctrine	Southern States Mission	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Replaced Dixie Messenger.
The Children's Friend	1902-1970	monthly magazine	Official Primary children's magazine	Primary Association	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced by The Friend
The Elders' Journal	1903-1907	monthly / semi-monthly magazine	LDS news, doctrine and reprints	Southern States Mission	Atlanta, Georgia	Moved to Chattanooga in 1904. Replaced by Liahona, the Elders' Journal.
The Liahona	1907	weekly newspaper	LDS news and doctrine	Missions of the LDS Church	Independence, Missouri	Replaced by Liahona, the Elders' Journal.
Liahona, the Elders' Journal	1907-1942	weekly newspaper	LDS news, doctrine and reprints	Missions of the LDS Church	Independence, Missouri	Consolidated The Elders' Journal (1903) and The Liahona (1907).
Relief Society Magazine	1915-1970	monthly magazine	Official organ of the Relief Society	Relief Society	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced the Woman's Exponent. Replaced by the Ensign.
The Instructor	1930-1970	monthly magazine	Official Sunday School periodical	Deseret Sunday School Union	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced the Juvenile Instructor. Replaced by the Ensign and the New Era.
Church News	1931-current	weekly tabloid	General LDS news	Deseret News	Salt Lake City, Utah	Only available in Utah as an insert for Deseret News subscribers. Available via mail elsewhere.
BYU Studies	1959-current	biannual / quarterly journal	Multidisciplinary LDS articles	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought	1966-current	quarterly journal	Independent scholarship on Mormonism	Dialogue Foundation	Salt Lake City, Utah	Begun at Stanford University.
Ensign	1971-current	monthly magazine	Official LDS Church magazine	LDS Church	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced several LDS periodicals.
New Era	1971-current	monthly magazine	Official LDS Church youth magazine	LDS Church	Salt Lake City, Utah	With the Ensign, replaced the Improvement Era.
The Friend	1971-current	monthly magazine	Official LDS Church children's magazine	LDS Church	Salt Lake City, Utah	Replaced the Children's Friend
Church Almanac	1974-current	annual / biennial	Facts and statistics of the LDS Church	Deseret News	Salt Lake City	Biennial issues from 1984-2002.
Journal of Mormon History	1974-current	annual / semi-annual / tri-annual journal	Independent scholarly LDS history	Mormon History Association	Orem, Utah
Exponent II	1974-current	quarterly newspaper / magazine	Independent feminist LDS women	Exponent II, Inc.	Arlington, Massachusetts	Named in honor of Woman's Exponent.
Sunstone Magazine	1975-current	occasional magazine	Indepedent discussions of Mormonism	Sunstone Education Foundation	Salt Lake City, Utah	Begun at UC Berkley.
Beehive Standard Weekly	1975-2006	weekly newspaper	Conservative news for Latter-day Saints	Rob Graham	Las Vegas, Nevada	The Beehive paper became Nevada Beehive, then Beehive Weekly Standard.
The Beehive (Arizona Beehive)	1975-current	quarterly newspaper	LDS news and community in Arizona	Amie Taylor, editor	Mesa, Arizona	The Beehive paper became Arizona Beehive, then renamed back to The Beehive.
Liahona	1977-current	annual-monthly magazine	Official LDS Church international magazine	LDS Church	Salt Lake City, Utah	In many languages, all retitled Liahona by 1999 (English had been Tambuli).
This People	1979-1998	quarterly magazine	Independent LDS lifestyle magazine	Utah Alliance Publishing	Provo, Utah	Editors include Sheri L. Dew, Scott and Maurine Proctor, Jim Bell.
Nauvoo Journal	1989-1999	annual / semi-annual journal	Independent LDS histories	Early Mormon Research Institute	Salt Lake City	Replaced by Mormon Historical Studies.
FARMS Review of Books	1989-current	annual / semi-annual journal	Conservative LDS scholarly book reviews	FARMS	Provo, Utah	Renamed FARMS Review in 2003.
Messenger	1991-2006	quarterly magazine	Mormon fundamentalism		Birmingham, England	Until 1997 was Truth Seeker Magazine. Moved to USA in 2003 and became bi-monthly.
Latter-day Digest	1992-1994	monthly journal	LDS literature and art	Latter-day Foundation for the Arts	Orem, Utah
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies	1992-current	annual / semi-annual journal	Conservative LDS scholarly research	FARMS	Provo, Utah
Mormon Historical Studies	2000-current	semi-annual journal	Independent LDS histories	Mormon Historic Sites Foundation	Salt Lake City
Religious Educator	2000-current	semi-annual / tri-annual journal	LDS gospel teaching	BYU Religious Studies Center	Provo, UT
Desert Saints Magazine	2001-current	monthly magazine	LDS community, fun and inspiration	Ellis Media, Inc.	Henderson, Nevada	Freely distributed at businesses in Southern Utah and Southern Nevada.