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History of Journalism
Party Press, Revolutionary Press, Frontier Press
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Journalism
Graduate
03/06/2008

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JOHN FENNO
Definition
The Gazette of the U.S. (Federalist)
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WILLIAM COBBETT
Definition

The Porcupine's Gazzett (Federalist)

  • vowed to never be impartial
  • hated Benjamin Bache.
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BENJAMIN BACHE
Definition

The Aurora (Republican)

  • leading voice of Rep.
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WILLIAM DUANE

Definition

The Aurora

  • took over after Bache
  • known for hard hitting writing style
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SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH
Definition

The National Intelligencer (Republican)

  • recieved money for printing fromt he State Dept.
  • close to Jefferson
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LIST FOUR WAYS NEWSGATHERING CHANGED DURING THE PARTY PRESS PERIOD?
Definition
  1. MORE NATIONAL NEWS
  2. POSTAL SYSTEM GOT BETTER
  3. HIRED CORRESPONDENTS
  4. GOVERNMENT PRINTING
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NAME 2 MAJOR FACTORS THAT LED TO THE DECLINE OF THE PARTY PRESS?
Definition
  1. WAR 1812
  2. FEDERALIST BECAME LESS POPULAR
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JOHN MEIN
Definition
Boston Chronicle (Tory)
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JOHN HOLT
Definition
New York Jouranal or General dvertiser
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JAMES RIVINGTON
Definition
New York Gazetter (Tory)
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PATRONAGE
Definition

"one hand washes the other"

newspapers relied on politicians to give them contracts to print documents for additional revenue

stopped relying on them when ads became popular

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JOHN ELIOT
Definition
  • Translated bible into the Algonquin language
  • 1st book printed in Ameerica
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MOST SUCCESSSFUL NEWSPAPER AND WHY?
Definition

The Boston Newsletter

  • had an approved postmaster
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BENJAMIN TOWNSHEND
Definition

Pennsylvania Evening News

  • 1st daily Newspaper in America
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BENJAMIN TOWNE
Definition

Pennsylvania Evening Post

  • Flip Flopper P >T>P
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WILLIAM BRADFORD III
Definition
Pennsylvania Journal
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WILLIAM BRADFORD
Definition
New York Gazette
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ANDREW BRADFORD
Definition

The American Weekly Mercury

  • 1st newspaper in Pennsylvania
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Definition
The New England Current
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ANA ZENGER
Definition

The New York Journal

  • wife of John Peter Zenger
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ELIZABETH TIMOTHY
Definition
The South Carolina Gazette
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ANN FRANKLIN
Definition
The Rhode Island Gazette
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JAMES FRANKLIN
Definition
Boston Gazette
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LOUISANA PURCHASE
Definition
  • Nepolean Bonaparte abandoned Hisponla
  • w/out the land he had no use for Louisana
  • Facing renewed war with Great Britian, he could not spare troops to defend territory
  • Sold Louisana for$15 million to the U.S.
  • increased U.S. by 1/3
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JOHN LOUIS O. SULLIVAN
Definition

"MANIFEST DESTINY"

US MAGAZINE AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW

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MANIFEST DESTINY
Definition
America should fulfill its destiny and expand to Calif. and Oregon territory
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ELIAS BUDNIOT
Definition

Cherokee Phoenix

  • wanted to christianize through his paper
  • hoped to improve the image and living conditions of native americans
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SEQUOYA
Definition
  • created symbols for the cherokee language
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JOHN SKINNER
Definition

AMERICAN FARMER

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THOMAS HART BENTON
Definition

ST. LOUIS INQUIRER

PROMOTED WESTWARD EXPANSION BY LOWERING PRICES OF LAND IN NEW AREAS

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WILD WEST EDITORS
Definition
  • paid little attn to crim
  • realized the need for legal system to attract more families
  • relied on saloons to take out ads
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CHARACTER OF EDITORS
Definition
  • Wanted newspapers to attract families
  • believe their publication helped stablize small towns and was a link to larger cities
  • made person attacks against each other
  • some supported temperance, abolitionism, and women's suffrage
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JANE SWISSHELM
Definition
supported abolitionism and justice against indians
Term

MARK TWAIN

(CLEMENS)

Definition
made a series of exaggerated reports
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HOMESTEAD ACT
Definition
  • promised up to 160 acres of land in the West to any american citizen provided that they cultivated it for 5 years
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ARTEMUS WARD

(CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE)

Definition
was known for his comic ability and humorist colums in the Cleveland Plain Dealer
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REV. JOHN MEEKER
Definition

THE SHAWNEE SUN

ENGLISH/SHAWNEE

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LINOTYPE
Definition
machine helped provide type faster
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BOILERPLATE
Definition
preset stories, illustrations, or pages
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SYNDICATION SERVICES
Definition

provided "ready print" pages to local printers

news on one side/blank on the other

allowed for small paper chains in several towns

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JOHANN GUTENBERG
Definition

RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVABLY TYPE

& THE 1ST BIBLE

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