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Savanna Germain

The first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal - 0 views

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    This article gives a history rundown of the first African American newspaper. It goes through who was involved and what the purpose of the paper was for. This paper gave a voice for the African American people.
Jered Wilcox

Americans' Confidence in Newspapers Continues to Erode - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' confidence in newspapers fell slightly to 23% this year, from 25% in 2012 and 28% in 2011. The percentage of Americans saying they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers has been generally trending downward since 1979, when it reached a high of 51%.
Melinda Snell

History of American Newspapers - 0 views

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    Another wikipedia article, this one is about the history of american newspapers. It includes important people, key terms from the textbook, and other important things.
Savanna Germain

Joseph Pulitzer in History of American Journalism - 0 views

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    Website that talks about Pulitzer and his involvement in journalism. Also discusses his involvement with owning the New York World.
Andrew VanNess

Early American Newspaper Advertisements - 0 views

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    This website shows a few pictures of early American newspaper advertisements. Its interesting to see how far newspapers and ads have come since colonial times. These pics could possibly be used in the past section of our pbworks page.
Melinda Snell

How Do Americans Get Their News in 2013? - 0 views

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    Another really nice chart about how Americans get their news now in 2013. Great visual for the present part of our presentation.
Samantha VanTassel

Saving American Journalism - 0 views

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    An interview with an author on how to bring american journalism back to where it used to be
Savanna Germain

'Can Journalism Survive?' - 0 views

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    David Ryfe wrote the book "Can Journalism Survive? Inside Look at American Newsrooms." The site basically argues his opinions on how he thinks journalism is not a dying career.
Andrew VanNess

Early American Newspapering - 0 views

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    This article is about the history of newspapers in early American times. It has a few pictures of these newspapers, one of which is Public Occurences, Both Foreign and Domestick.
Savanna Germain

Number of Americans Who Read Print Newspapers Continues Decline - 0 views

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    Article about the declining audience of readers from the newspaper. Gives some percentages from 2012
Jenna Peterfeso

A Bright Future for Newspapers  | American Journalism Review - 0 views

  • If present readership trends continue indefinitely, says the University of North Carolina professor, the last daily newspaper reader will check out in 2044. October 2044, to be exact.
  • Compared with the rest of the media industry, newspapers are doing no worse, and in some respects quite a bit better, than the competition, including the Internet.
  • The major fear in the newspaper industry is that today's young people won't grow into the next generation of readers.
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  • Newsgathering power.
  • Monopoly status.
  • So how do newspapers fit into this dynamic cosmos? Nicely, I'd say. Consider just a few unique competitive advantages that newspapers (still) enjoy:
  • Localism.
  • The best customers.
  • Lots of attention.
  • Brand-name recognition.
  • Historic profitability.
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    An optimistic article about the future of newspapers, including a list of competitive advantages that the newspaper industry still has. 
Samantha VanTassel

Partisan Press - 0 views

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    This gives us a very spread out history of the Partisan Press that I think will help with the project. Even gives information on Pulitzer and Hurst, the Penny Press and more
Savanna Germain

Yellow Journalism JPG Example - 0 views

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    This is just a picture that demonstrates what yellow journalism is.
Jered Wilcox

FUTURE OF WASHINGTON POST - 0 views

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    Can Jeff Bezos invent a new future for newspapers? By buying The Washington Post in his personal capacity, the Amazon founder and internet pioneer may just be looking to save an American institution
Jenna Peterfeso

First 10 US Newspapers - 0 views

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    The first ten United States newspapers and when they came out. 
Jenna Peterfeso

The Sorry State of the Newspaper Industry - 0 views

  • The U.S. newspaper industry was already facing numerous challenges before the economy took a nosedive, but the latest data from the Newspaper Association of America shows that the current economic climate has only exacerbated the already dire state of the American newspaper industry.
  • Specifically, total newspaper advertising revenue fell 16.6% in 2008.
  • Classifieds advertising, which is under a lot of pressure from online ventures like Craigslist, fell almost 30%, and real estate classifieds fell 38%.
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    A really good, short article with lots of current statistics. 
Jered Wilcox

Newspaper self-destruction: Providence Journal edition - 0 views

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    If the digital revolution has done nothing else, it has exposed the extent to which American newspapers have relied on their quasi-monopolistic control over local advertising markets to fund news operations. CW Anderson, Emily Bell, and Clay Shirky, in their valuable report last year, called it a "subsidy," and that's a provocative way to put it.
Savanna Germain

Print Newspapers: Will They Survive? | American Free Press - 0 views

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    Article about Paul Gillin, founder of Newspaper Death Watch. The article describes his explanations as to why the newspaper industry is dying.
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