Journalism for blogging

Development of American Journalism

By Hayma

  • Colonial News Pre

    Colonial News Pre
    accordng to my research, Colonial News is 24-hour breaking news, local news, sports, entertainment and more.

  • First Paper in 1690

    First Paper in 1690
    Publick Occurrences, the first newspaper published in America, was printed by Richard Pierce and edited by Benjamin Harris in Boston.The pages were about 6 x 10 inches in size in a folded sheet of paper.

  • First Amendment

    First Amendment
    was written because at America’s inception, citizens demanded a guarantee of their basic freedoms. (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances)

  • James Gordon Bennett

    James Gordon Bennett
    He was the founder, editor, and publisher on the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspaper

  • First Penny Press

    First Penny Press
    The "Penny Press" was the news in the newspaper for only 1 cent, a whole one penny! The Penny Press paper was made to be more affordable, the low price made newspapers and the news available to more than just upper class citizens for the first time.

  • Horace Greeley

    Horace Greeley
    a reformer and abolitionist, founded The New York Tribune in 1841, which “set a new standard in American journalism by its combination of energy in newsgathering with good taste, high moral standards, and intellectual appeal” (http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/pfaffs/p108/)

  • Joseph Pulitzer

    Joseph Pulitzer
    American newspaper editor and publisher who helped establish the pattern of the modern newspaper. In his time he was one of the most powerful journalists in the United States.

  • William Randolph Hearst

    William Randolph Hearst
    was the owner and editor of the San Francisco Examiner and the New York Journal, and the architect of one of America's largest newspaper chains.

  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism
    Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that show no form of evidence or research, just something that catches the eye. It started with William Randolf Hearst'sNew York Morning Journal, and Joseph Pulitzer's New York World newspapers.

  • Muckraking

    Muckraking
    often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. Muckraking is basically exposing juicy information