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