American Newspaper
Will Irwin
The American Newspaper is a critical study of journalism conducted by Will Irwin from 1909 to 1910 spanning fifteen articles that discuss the origins, purposes, and principles to which journalists should aspire. The article series appeared in Collier's in serialized form in 1911. Summary by progressingamerica (7 hr 40 min)
Chapters
| The Power of the Press | 21:18 |
| The Dim Beginnings | 31:24 |
| The Fourth Current | 48:45 |
| The Spread and Decline of Yellow Journalism | 27:24 |
| What Is News? | 21:36 |
| The Editor and the News | 30:18 |
| The Reporter and the News | 40:30 |
| All the News That's Fit to Print | 26:08 |
| The Advertising Influence | 33:03 |
| The Unhealthy Alliance | 33:43 |
| Our Kind of People | 22:16 |
| The Foe from Within | 36:42 |
| The New Era | 28:41 |
| The Press of Two Cities | 28:30 |
| The Voice of a Generation | 31:11 |