Newspaper 📰

The newspaper emoji shows a folded broadsheet with bold black text and headlines across its face, rendered in a classic flat or slightly dimensional style depending on the platform. The design typically features a masthead area and columnar text layout that instantly evokes the print media aesthetic.

People use this emoji to reference news, current events, journalism, or when sharing articles and breaking stories. It works literally for discussing newspapers themselves, but also signals that you're talking about something newsworthy, journalistic, or information-related. On social media, it often accompanies links to news stories, op-eds, or when someone's being witty about "hot off the press" information.

It's commonly paired with commentary about media literacy, fact-checking, or keeping up with the news cycle. You'll see it in discussions about journalism careers, media criticism, or ironically when someone's sharing gossip and framing it like breaking news.

Approved as part of Unicode 0.6 in 2010, the newspaper emoji remains a straightforward visual metaphor for traditional journalism, though it's increasingly used nostalgically as digital news dominates. Its design varies subtly across platforms—some versions show more realistic printing details, while others are more simplified.