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History of Journalism
Broadcast Journalism I
Room 315
History of Journalism
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Objectives:
To Determine the important dates
in the history of journalism
 To recognize important figures to
the world of journalism
 To establish a timeline leading to
today’s world of journalism
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3000 BC—Babylonia
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Clay, stone and wooden
tablets are used by the
residents of Babylonia to
advertise their businesses
First form of advertising
1827—Freedom’s
Journal
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First black newspaper
Founded by Russwurm
and Cornish
Response to racist
attacks by other
newspapers
500 B.C.—Thebes, Egypt
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Egyptians make
papyrus
Form of paper
From the stems of
the papyrus plant
1690—Publick Occurrences: Both
Foreign and Domestic
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Benjamin Harris
4-page paper
Contained advertisements
Religious
Used to spur
independence among the
colonies
1735—New York, NY
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John Peter Zenger
acquitted of
seditious libel
Charged due to his
printings in New
York Weekly
Journal
1719—Boston Gazette
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Boston’s 2nd
newspaper
Beginning of
competition among
newspapers
1765—Stamp Act
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Used by Britain to pay
war debts
All official documents,
papers, books and
newspapers printed on
stamped paper that
carried a special tax
Additional tax placed
on each ad
1732—Philadelphia Zeitung
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Published by
Benjamin Franklin
First Foreign paper
in the US
German
newspaper
1741—Magazines
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Benjamin Franklin
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Andrew Bradford
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Published the first print
magazine
1737—Elizabeth Timothy
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Charleston South
Carolina Gazette
First woman publisher
in the colonies
This was due to her
husband’s accidental
death
1754—Cartoons
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First cartoon appears in
the Pennsylvania
Gazette
1814—London
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London Times
used a steamdriven press
The press could
print up to 1100
sheets per hour
1776—Pennsylvania Evening Post
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First newspaper to publish
the Declaration of
Independence
1783—Daily Newspapers
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Pennsylvania Evening Post
became America’s first
daily newspaper
Most until this point were
weekly papers
1835—Pony Express
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Established between
New York and
Philadelphia by the
postmaster
1808—El Misisipi
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The first Spanish-language
newspaper in the US
1438—Johan Gutenberg,
Germany
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Begins working on a
method of printing using
moveable type
 Gutenberg Press
1833—New York Sun
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First penny paper
Established for the
working folk
Carries mostly
sensational human
interest news with a
touch of humor