Newspapers play an important role in Bram Stoker's Dracula. Mina gathers information through newspaper clippings and borrows newspapers from Dr. Seward to try and find out as much as possible about the appearance of Count Dracula in England.

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She writes in her journal, “I borrowed the files of “The Westminster Gazette” and “The Pall Mall Gazette,” and took them to my room. I remember how much “The Dailygraph” and “The Whitby Gazette,” of which I had made cuttings, helped us to understand the terrible events at Whitby when Count Dracula landed, so I shall look through the evening papers since then, and perhaps I shall get some new light. I am not sleepy, and the work will help to keep me quiet.”

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The newspapers that Stoker utilizes in his novel all existed at the time of publication, and several of them continue to publish today. By utilizing newspapers, Stoker provides his characters and readers with knowledge that they otherwise would not have been privy too. Additionally, newspapers would have been the primary source of information available to Stoker's characters, and he provides a breadth of sources for them to draw from.