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Colonial news pre 1690
Publick Ocurrence both Foriegn and Domestick -
First Paper
Benjamin Harries printed the first issue of pubilc occurrences on September 25, 1690 in Britains North American colonies. During this time it was illigal to print anything with out the goverments permission. He wrote rumors about the french family, and prisoners during the first french and indian wars. -
Count of papers in the US in the 1750's
Fourteen Weekly Newspapers Read In The Six Most Populated Colonies -
Count Of Papers In The US In 1770's
Less than a month after the approval there was more than 20 newspapers -
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -
Penny Press
Lynde M. Walter's Boston Transcript on July 24, 1830. 'The sun' The NY Herald. was sold for 1 cent and was made available for all classes. Less politically influenced newspaper, allowed for more public opinion in media. Allowed lower-class and less educated readers to easily understand. -
James Gordon Bennett
James Gordon Bennett, Sr. was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald He moved to New York City in 1823 where he worked as a freelance paper writer and assistant editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer. In May 1835, Bennett started the Herald after years of failing to start a paper. In April 1836, it shocked readers with front–page coverage of the murder of prostitute Helen Jewett; Bennett conducted the first-ever newspaper Interview -
Horace Greeley, 1841
The New York Tribune, one of the earliest “penny dailies” popular in the era, was established in 1841. Greeley also publish'd a weekly nationwide edition of the Tribune, which won him and his views wide recognition. The Tribune set a higher tone than its competitors by avoiding sensationalism and offering regular features such as book reviews -
Joseph Pulizter
April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911), born Pulitzer József, was a Hungarian-American Jewish newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. Pulitzer introduced the techniques of "new journalism" to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected Congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption. In the 1890s the fierce competition -
William Randolph Hearst
An American newspaper publisher who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 after taking control of The San Francisco Examiner from his father. Moving to New York City, he acquired The New York Journal and engaged in a bitter circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism, in short, is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. Moreover, the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the sole purpose of boosting newspaper sales and exciting public opinion. -
Muckraking
The searching out and publicizing wrong information about famous people in an underhanded way.
