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American Newspaper

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