Once denied the right to learn to read because he was told he “should know nothing but to obey his master, to do as he is told to do,” Frederick Douglass did well to become one of the greatest journalists in American history. Douglass was born a slave in Maryland and separated from his mother as […]
Archive for November, 2009
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Tags: abolition, Frederick Douglass, journalist, liberator, north star, o'mahony, Slavery, William Lloyd Garrison, womens rights
Tags: abolition, Frederick Douglass, journalist, liberator, north star, o'mahony, Slavery, William Lloyd Garrison, womens rights
Throughout the Pre-20th Century era, newspapers had a love affair covering wars, and the reporters often report the story without any concern from a highly ranked official. However, during wars like the French Revolution, they were censorship from officials in France. French journals and Gazettes could not publish their stories without a privilege from the […]
In the dark world of the constant price increases, there was a man who sought to slaughter these prices and to make things reasonable. He created a newspaper which would attract a larger class of people and did so in one of the busiest cities in the United States, New York City. The man was Benjamin Day, […]
There is a lot of talk of the newspaper going into extinction. The internet can give us everything we could ever want for free with the click of a mouse. So then why would we possibly miss the newspaper? One answer: feel. There is nothing that feels quite like a crinkly newspaper, rustling as you […]
British contributions to and effects on American journalism
Posted by: lindsayberreth | November 4, 2009 | No Comment |The American colonies learned a lot about journalism from their mother country. Early colonial newspapers contained many articles from English newspapers. These were widely circulated in the 18th century. With the expiration of the British Licensing Act in 1695, England’s press experienced a newfound freedom. The public had access to a variety of different opinions. […]
Maria Stewart Leads the Way for Future American Women Journalists.
Posted by: britnipetersen | November 4, 2009 | No Comment |Before the 19th century, women were not given the privilege of having a career in journalism. Jobs in journalism were generally given to white males, or women who had special connections through their male family members or spouses. However, during the 19th century, Maria Stewart, an African American woman, paved her way into the field […]
In chapter 9 of Mitchell Stephens’ “A History of News,” he writes about the development of newspaper editors in England during the 1600s. Editors organize a newspaper into having clarity and direction to the reader. Newspapers with clarity and direction are more credible than those lacking. One problem newspapers had in the 1600s was how […]
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Tags: corantos, editors, letters, Mitchell Stephens, newspapers, Thomas Gainsford, Wilkers
Tags: corantos, editors, letters, Mitchell Stephens, newspapers, Thomas Gainsford, Wilkers