Newspaper Information Powerpoint

1. Newspapers

2. Highlights: 1690 – America’s First Newspaper Published- Publick Occurrences 1827- First Black Newspaper – Freedom’s Journal 1900’s- Yellow Journalism takes hold 1982 – USA Today is introduced Today- Most newspaper feature convergent media

3. First newspapers shaped the role of press Independent press – newspapers break free from British Control Benjamin Franklin – sets a model showing newspaper can be profitable without government backing Freedom of the press – Zenger Trial of 1735 establishes concepts of libel.

4. Alternative Press (also called dissident press) Newspapers are used to champion social causes Elias Boudinot found first Native American newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix in the 1828 Frederick Douglass founded North Star, a news weekly in late 1840’s to support emancipation Ida B. Wells writes from the late 1890’s to the 1930’s on issues of racism. She becomes co-owner of the Free Speech and Headlight newspaper.

5. Yellow Journalism Sensationalist news that focuses on crime and sexual content, also called tabloid journalism Heavy competition amongst many newspapers creates a need to draw readers Publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst lead in yellow journalism practices Yellow journalism reaches heights during early 1900’s Hearst and Pulitzer’s newspapers fan flames leading to Spanish-American War Yellow journalism forerunner of today’s tabloids

6. Newspapers in the Internet Age Newspaper evolve to include internet editions, national newspapers such as USA Today, and syndicates or articles that are sold to numerous newspapers simultaneously Many newspapers are part of a chain, a group of newspapers owned by one organization Newspaper circulation is down with many papers struggling to survive New models of profitability are being developed