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Colonial news pre-1690
After the publik occurrenec , the governt broadcast thay nothing could be printed with out a lisecens fron the ppointed gobernment . It was not news , it it was government propaganda. -
First Newspaper : Publick Ocurrences
The first Newspaper iwas publised by RIchard Pierce , and editted by Benjamin Harris in Boston. The news only filled 3 of 4 , 6 by 10 inches of a foled piece of paper. It was printed once a month , or if a glut of occurrence happened.It was brought to an end after only one issue by an outraged administration, claiming that it contained "reflections of a very high order." -
First amendment
Thomas Jefferson once said our democracy cant be both " free and ignorant ". The first admendment sates "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." -
James Gordon Bennett
A man who shaped modern journalism. He founded the short-lived Globe in New York City in 1832. He was also the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers. -
Penny Press
The Penny Press is generally considered to have started in 1833, when Benjamin Day founded The Sun, a New York City newspaper. Not only was the paper affordable , it was readily made. -
Horace Greeley
a reformer and abolitionist, founded The New York Tribune in 1841. He edited and published what decades later became known affectionately as The Trib and preached the reform "Gospel according to St. Horace." -
Joesph Pulitzer
he was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. Pulitzer introduced the techniques of "new journalism" to the newspaper. -
WIlliam Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain , his methods helped shape journalism today. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism is journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. The term yellow journalism came from a popular New York World comic called "Hogan's Alley," which featured a yellow-dressed character named the "the yellow kid." -
Muckracking
the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.The muckrakers provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption and social hardships caused by the power of big business . it came from President Theodore Roosevelt in his speech of April 14, 1906.
