In a world of increasing historical illiteracy and apathy, The Online Review of Rhode Island History  publishes passionate, creative and smart content intended to make history more palatable. Our editorial menu offers a healthy variety of in-depth features and engaging columns, in both short- and long-form, with an eye for accuracy over legend. Our goals are simple: make serious history approachable to a diverse audience and regularly deliver original, unique and interesting material to our readers. It’s edutainment, or a business casual approach to scholarship, if you will. We strive to develop an archive of Rhode Island history articles in order to become a leading source of information about Rhode Island history.

Our Editorial Staff

Our online magazine boasts a team of experienced Rhode Island history authors and all submissions are overseen by an editorial team consisting of Christian McBurney, Patrick Connolly, Robert Geake, Paul Caranci, Robert Grandchamp and Norm Demarais

Our Audience

Our audience is comprised of a variety of Rhode Islanders and other persons interested in Rhode Island history, including educators, students, employees of major academic and research institutions, corporations, media, government agencies and branches 

Our Approach to Advertising

We offer display image advertising in the footer (run of site) and article sidebars. We also are willing to run an advertorial, which is a clearly marked advertisement and publishes in the stream of news articles, allowing our advertisers to provide approved promotional copy and images to communicate a larger message to our readers.

Our Current Rates

  • One Month – $100
  • Two months – $150
  • Three months – $200 

Ad Sizes

  • 420 x 170 (up to 420 x 230) in run-of-site footer
  • 250 x 250 in internal article sidebars

Creative Design Assistance

If you require creative design assistance, we are happy to provide it free of charge with your advertising campaign.

Your Support

Advertising revenue first goes to pay our annual operating expenses (hosting and domain, web development, artwork licensing, etc.)

Move Forward

If you’re interested in advertising, please contact editor@smallstatebighistory.com