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American Newspaper

Public domain audiobook

American Newspaper

by Will Irwin

English· 07:40:50· 15 chapters
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

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The Power of the Press

    21:18
  2. Chapter 2

    The Dim Beginnings

    31:24
  3. Chapter 3

    The Fourth Current

    48:45
  4. Chapter 4

    The Spread and Decline of Yellow Journalism

    27:24
  5. Chapter 5

    What Is News?

    21:36
  6. Chapter 6

    The Editor and the News

    30:18
  7. Chapter 7

    The Reporter and the News

    40:30
  8. Chapter 8

    All the News That's Fit to Print

    26:08
  9. Chapter 9

    The Advertising Influence

    33:03
  10. Chapter 10

    The Unhealthy Alliance

    33:43
  11. Chapter 11

    Our Kind of People

    22:16
  12. Chapter 12

    The Foe from Within

    36:42
  13. Chapter 13

    The New Era

    28:41
  14. Chapter 14

    The Press of Two Cities

    28:30
  15. Chapter 15

    The Voice of a Generation

    31:11