In this session of the Digital Events of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, our panelists present short papers that address the emergence of this variety of periodicals and their delineation of “general news”; the characteristics and audience of trade and professional journals of print; and medical journals like the Lancet and its conception of “general news.” Our panelists include: Ali Hatapçı (University of Burgundy, Dijon), “‘General News’ in ‘Class’ Periodicals: The Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1841-1870″ Jamie Horrocks, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah), “For and/or About?: Victorian Print Trade Journals and the Shiftiness of Categorization” Sally Frampton (University of Oxford), “The Changing Publics of the Victorian Medical Journals”