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Early American Newspaper
Boston printer Benjamin Harris produced the first issue of Publick Occurrences, the first newspaper published in Britain's North American colonies. -
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Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876
Series 1 offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 710 historical American titles. -
The First Amendment
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/repeal-first-amendment-28th-amendment -
James Gordon Bennett
Editor and Publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers. -
Penny Press
Mass production of inexpensive newspapers became possible following the shift from handcrafted to steam-powered printing. Famous for costing one cent compared to other papers which cost around 6 cents, penny press papers were revolutionary by making the news accessible to working and middle class citizens for a reasonable price. -
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, -
William Randolph Hearst
April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. During its heyday in the late 19th century it was one of many factors that helped push the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines, leading to the acquisition of overseas territory by the United States. -
Joseph Pulitzer
He joined the Republican Party. On December 14, 1869, Pulitzer attended the Republican meeting at the St. Louis Turnhalle on Tenth Street, where party leaders needed a candidate to fill a vacancy in the state legislature. -
Muckraker
The muckrakers became well known for their crusades, journalists from the eras of "personal journalism" and "yellow journalism" had gained fame through their investigative articles, including articles that exposed wrongdoing
