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The aim of our study is to describe the origin and evolution of the compa­triot press on the territory of contemporary Croatia through the long lens of the most recent history. To explain this phenomenon, which has endured for more than a hundred years, we look at the emergence and transforma­tions of the periodical press of Croatian Czechs: the weekly Jugoslávští Čechoslováci [Yugoslav Czechoslovaks], since 1922; the weekly Jednota [Uni­ty], since 1946; the monthly Dětský koutek [Kids’ Corner], since 1930/1932]; the journal Přehled kulturních a historických, literárních a školských otázek [Overview of Cultural, Literary, School, and Historical Topics], since 1962; and the almanac Český lidový kalendář [Czech Natio­nal Calendar], since 1953. With a particular focus on Czech newspaper re­porting published in Croatia, we also examine the role of the periodical press and its significance among the compatriot minority as a means of maintaining the Czech language and the cultural traditions of the Czechs living there. In doing so, we primarily drew on printed sources, i.e. com­patriot literature and periodicals that are little known in the Czech Repub­lic. We also worked with sources of institutional origin as well as of a private nature, preserved in the Archives of the Union of the Czechs in Croatia, namely with the personal correspondence of editors of the compatriot press. The uniqueness of the compatriot community lies in its ability to create social and cultural elites and generate its own culture and history, and this has been achieved thanks to the Jednota publishing house, Czech schools, and, above all, the many years of creative and artistic activity of countless compatriots.