Black Lens News is a monthly African-American newspaper based in Spokane, Washington.

The newspaper was founded in 2015 by Sandra Williams who acts as the newspaper's publisher and editor.^[2][3] Williams, who partly grew up in the Spokane area, remembered that the region used to have the newspaper African American Voice, which covered topics relevant to the Black community.^[4] She got the idea for creating a new newspaper for the Black community while her father was dying and came out with the first issue in January 2015.^[4] A U.S. Justice Department report noting the disproportionate use of force on African Americans in Spokane shaped her vision for the paper, and was the focus of its first lead story.^[5]

The newspaper was originally twelve pages and has expanded to 20.^[4] It contains Black news highlights from other sources both local and in the larger world as well as local sections such as its "It Takes a Village" section which highlights accomplishments of local people and a regular column "Thoughts from a Grandmother".^[4] The newspaper primarily circulates through Black churches and businesses and contains a directory of Black-owned businesses.^[6]

Williams ran the paper until she died in a floatplane crash near Whidbey Island on September 4, 2022. She was 60.^[7] The paper went on hiatus until relaunching in February 2024 with a new website.^[8]