Development of American Journalism

By jkl123

  • First paper in 1690

    The first paper published in America, was printed by Richard Pierce & edited by Benjamin Harris in Boston on September 25, 1690.

  • Penny Press

    On July 24, 1830, the first ever penny press paper came to out, Lynde M. Walter's Boston Transcript.

  • Horace Greeley

    Horace Greeley
    Horace Greeley founded the New York Tribune in 1841.

  • William Randolph Hearst

    William Randolph Hearst
    Hearst was an American publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chains. The term 'yellow journalism' originated with him.

  • Yellow Journalism

    Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. The term originated from publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.

  • Muckraking

    The action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

  • James Gordon Bennett

    James Gordon Bennett
    The founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers.