This is a picture of a newspaper crossword puzzle, an example of a feature syndicate. I think this will help the class understand what a feature syndicate is exactly and how it promotes newspaper business.
An example of a stone engraving, similar to what the Acta Diurna could have looked like. This would be a great way to help visualize what was placed around Rome during Julius Caesars reign.
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.
This page has a little timeline of the history of the telegraph. The main use of this website will be for its picture of one of the first telegraphs made.
This is an article with the history of the moveable type and how it was invented in China by Bi Sheng. Along with this is a nice picture of the ancient moveable pieces that we could use in our wiki.
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.
This is a youtube video made by the history channel about the history of newspapers.
For our wiki page, I would recommend using times 9:20-15:00 for a great picturization about the early transformation of newspapers.