The Press and Democracy Timeline 1827–1919 ∼ Ethnic Diversity The Freedom Journal is the first African American newspaper (1827) / Alexis de Tocqueville publishes his classic book Democracy in America (1831–1840) / The weekly Independent...

The creation of movable type marked the beginning of mass production of the written word and thus was essential to the newspaper industry's development. In general, this accomplishment is credited to Johannes Gutenberg, who was working in Mainz,...

At the same time that the debate over the structure and effects of the emerging global media industry is being influenced by the values that are most represented by newspapers, the newspaper industry is in what appears to be an almost certain and...

Careers in the newspaper industry offer a breadth of opportunities from story composition to publication layout to advertising design. The reporter is the most basic unit of a newspaper staff. Reporters serve as the eyes and ears of the newspaper and...

For most of the nineteenth century, newspapers in the United States were heavily partisan. Newspaper editors sat on party central committees, and they tailored their matter to promote a party line. Most of their news was copied directly out of other...

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