History of journalism By Kunsulu Askar 1830 Emile de Girardin became the organizer of the new French journalism. Feb 8, 1838 Morse demonstrated the telegraph 1858 In Lincoln and Queen Victoria exchanged messages via telegraph Jul 29, 1881 a law on the press was published in France 1900 journalism became a part of ideology 2000 journalism has become part of the economy 2000 the concept of journalism has changed