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This site talks about how the newspaper will need to use the internet ant the web to survive. They have to figure out a way to keep readers interested. They also talk about people entering the newspaper industry who grew up with the internet. By hiring these people the industry will have a greater chance of survival.

The newspaper/e-edition is divided into a variety of different sections such as Local, Sports, Business, Living, Weather, etc. Within each section, readers see different headlines, photographs, artwork and stories on each page. The Media In Education (MIE) program has created a number of activities which can be used to encourage students to see more than just the words and photographs. Instead, they can take it a step further and challenge their minds to further develop what they see and read. The following MIE ideas offer ways for students of all ages to learn with newspaper projects that are fun and creative.

This is a website that talks about the invention of the printing press. It gives some good information about life before the printing press as well. I think this is a good website to help us with the technology portion.

Here is a picture I thought would be useful for the future of newspapers portion of our project..

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

This video from the history channel demonstrates the importance of Johannes Gutenburg and the invention of moveable type with the printing press. While aimed more towards the printing of books, the printing press was definitely a major keystone for newspapers and news itself to be spread.

Different newspaper types and formats, including broadsheets, berliner format, tabloids, etc. 

Newspapers discovering new successful business models using innovation, rebranding, web consulting, and generating new revenue channels. 

This is just another picture of a journalist. I thought it could be useful.

Picture of stack of papers we could use in our wiki.

The history of newspaper comics, which is left out in our class textbook. Includes genres, types, 

Discusses the idea of a National Endowment for Journalism.

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

i thought this was usefull because it show us the history of one of our own local papers

thought this was something we might want to use if we are going to refrence local papers

This article gives us a possible outlook on the future of online newspaper websites. Video journalism is an emerging trend, and it provides greater economical benefits from its advertisements than regular web based ads. This can help move some forms of online news from paywalls to being "free to the public", since they make up for profits with advertisements.

Johann Carolus is dubbed the inventor of the newspaper itself. This webpage describes how he created one through the use of a printing press during the Renaissance.

The ups and the downs of the present day newspaper industry are shown within this article. Statistics are provided to show the decrease in size, and the transition into the digital era is also explained.

Newspapers: Stabilizing, but Still Threatened By Rick Edmonds of the Poynter Institute and Emily Guskin, Amy Mitchell and Mark Jurkowitz of the Pew Research Center Updated July 18, 2013 If the newspaper industry had theme music in 2013, it might use "Been down so long it looks like up to me," the much-recycled line from a 1920s blues song.

An aritcle writen by the pew research center, on how newspapers are changing and what they are doing to try to save the newspapers in the future. Includes many graphs and statistics also.

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

A list of the top newspapers in leading the latest news