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American Journalism

  • First paper in 1690

    it was the america's first newspaper, called the publick occurrences, both foreign and domestick is published in boston.
  • Colonial news pre-1690

    Colonial news pre-1690
    the first new paper created was a draft/copy.
  • count of papers in the US in 1750

    Fourteen weekly newpapers are read in the six most populated colonies.
  • count of papers in the US in 1770

    the early 18th century with the publication of the first colonial newpapers.
  • First Admendment

    First Admendment
    the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty.
  • penny press

    penny press
    papers produced in the United States during the mid-19th century.
  • Horace Greely

    Horace Greely
    pulishes the New York Tribune.
  • Joseph Pulitzer

    Jewish newspaper publishoner of the St. Loius Post Dispatch and the New York World
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism
    1941 they named it yellow journalism!
    it was a multi-column front-page headlines covering a variety of topics
  • James Gordon Bennett

    James Gordon Bennett
    he was a publisher, in new york city
  • Muckraking

    Muckraking
    reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for popular magazines.
  • William Randolph Hearst

    William Randolph Hearst
    member of the U.S house of representives from New Yorks 11th district