Newspapers

1. Newspapers History Rarified Ancient Roman version can be sited as first newspaper. Not widely circulated. Dutch version: Weekly “corantos” and larger German “pamphlet” version. “The Sun” Benjamin Day 1833, first penny paper, on smaller size – 8.5 x 11. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst competitors.

2. Journalism Styles • Partisan • Sensational • Yellow Journalism • Muckraking • Investigative • Objective • Inverted Pyramid • Interpretive • Literary • Advocacy • Precision • Consensus vs Conflict styled papers • Niche and Underground papers

3. Photojournalism • Jacob Riis American, 1849-1914 • Jacob Riis took his camera where no one else had been before as a journalist – to the slums of New York. • Similar to the way Nellie Bly exposed conditions at the women’s asylum, Riis took pictures of the conditions of the poor in New York. • His photographs were published in his book, “How the Other Half Lives.” He came from poverty himself. • Slides

4. Photojournalism • Lewis Hine American, 1874-1940 • Social Reform Photographer, Lewis Hine sought to reveal the working condition for the poor especially those of children. • His photographs led to changes in labor laws and factory conditions. • Slides.

5. The Black Press • “The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords” is a film by Stanley Nelson about the rise and success of the Black Press in the United States. • FILM