“Asking who is a journalist is the wrong question, because journalism can be produced by anyone” –The American Press Institute This quote epitomizes the changing role of a journalist over the course of history. Today, a journalist is anyone who commits an act of journalism. This is quite different than the definition of a journalist in […]
Archive for October 28, 2014
Tags: A History of News, ethics, Evan Petschke, History of Journalism, journalism ethics, journalist
Catalonia: A history of oppression and disrespect
Posted by: brianjblend | October 28, 2014 | 1 Comment |On September 11, 1714, after 14 months of siege, Barcelona fell to Spanish forces fighting for the Borbon king Phillip V; thus sealing the fate of the, then independent, Principality of Catalonia as one of Spain’s conquered communities. Following years of industrialization and rapid economic growth, in 1913 Catalonia was able to assert itself and […]
Tags: anarchism, catalan, catalonia, communism, fascism, franco, History, independence, Propaganda, spain, Spanish Civil War
The impact of daily newspapers on business in the 18th century
Posted by: kponcian | October 28, 2014 | No Comment |In London in 1730, The Daily Advertiser began publication. This daily newspaper offered advertising space with news of politics, commerce, and society. Stanley Morison, a journalism historian, stated in our book that The Daily Advertiser was the “first modern newspaper” that “gained a hold on the commercial classes which it never lost.” This success caused […]
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