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A Capsule History of American Journalism
A concise account traces American journalism from Boston 267 years ago through colonial presses to modern era. It covers Zenger's trial, Franklin and Thomas, penny press rise, Bennett, Greeley, and tabloid shifts, wars coverage, consolidations, unions, ethics codes, and enduring press vitality. James Vernon Andrews visited Texas Tech students context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston
London
Benjamin Harris
John Campbell
News-Letter
Campbell
John Peter Zenger
New York
Cosby
Zenger
Benjamin Franklin
Isaiah Thomas
Franklin
New England Courant
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Gazette
Thomas
Massachusetts
Hamilton, Madison and
Jay
Benjamin Towne
Pennsylvania Evening Post
New York Sun
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett
Horace Greeley
New Orleans Picayune
George W. Kendall
Atlanta Constitution
Henry W. Grady
New South
Louisville Courier- Journal
Watterson
Rockhill Nelson
Kansas City Star
E. W. Scripps
Cleveland Press
Scripps-Howard
Pacific Court
James King
Francisco Bulletin
de Young Boys
San Francisco Chronicle
Harvey W. Scott
Portland Oregonian
Associated Press
United Press
Scripps-McRae Press Association
National Editorial Association
Charles A. Dana
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
New York World
W. R. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Journal
Pulitzer
Hearst
Medill
Joseph M. Patterson
R. R. McCormick
Tab
New York Daily News
Patterson
McCormick
Chicago ‘Tribune
U. S. War Department
Navy Department
American Newspaper Guild
American Newspaper Publishers Association
American Society of Newspaper Editors