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Publick Occurrences
The first American newspaper. Was suppressed by the British colonial authorities because they didn’t like the orientation. -
The Boston News-Letter
It had a tag “by athority”, because it had of authority approval. -
The Zenger Trial
John Peter Zenger, journalist of The New York Weekly Journal. The trial established truth as a defense against libel charge. -
American Revolutionary War
37 newspapers were being published with the start of the Revolution. -
The Students Gazette
First student newspaper. -
Pennsylvania Post
The first Daily. -
The First Amedment
Guarantees a free press. -
The New York Sun
Was sold for only a penny. It gave a major role to advertising. -
The New York Morning Herald
Cost two cents. Other cities copied this style. -
The New York Tribune
One of the most influential papers. It had 200.000 suscribers. -
Harbor News Association
The first news-gathering service. Was the forerunner of the Associated Press. -
The New York Times
It’s considered the best newspaper in the country because the fairness, veracity and accuracy of the style. -
Inverted-pyramid format
The news coverage started to change due to the implementation of the telegraph during Civil War. It created the inverted-pyramid format. -
The Yellow Journalism
The Sunday World published a cartoon with the name of the Yellow Kid. Yellow journalism derives from this name. It’s unethical. Uses altered photographs and screaming headlines.
