Newspapers

Overseas in the United States, newspapers truly had their glory days shortly after the Civil War (1861-1865). This was a time when the public were starving for knowledge about what was happening and when political activity was high. Not only were there many, many newspapers created and distributed during this time, but it’s also the time in history when newspapers were a very lucrative business. What is the main idea?

• Exactly as it used to be

• The golden age of newspapers abroad

• Newspapers are more than just news

Of course, the essence of newspapers is to deliver news, but the news division is not the only part of a newspaper otherwise you would only have news stories from front to back. Read any paper and you’ll find classifieds, editorial pages, advertisements, letters to the editor, leisure pages with crosswords and much more. What is the main idea?

• The history of local newspapers

• Newspapers are more than just news

• Advertisements

Since editorial pages are opinion, editors must be very careful in making sure that the line is not crossed between opinion and fact. Once this is done, the newspaper loses all credibility. The objective is to raise issues and awareness, not to simply make things up or cloud the issue so much with opinion that it becomes lost. What is the main idea?

• Advertisements

• Newspapers are more than just news

• Balancing objective and subjective

Without them no newspaper could survive as they are the ones that bring in direct money. Very often they make up as much as 60% of the newspapers. Display ads, classified ads, and inserts are the most common forms in today’s printed newspapers. What is the main idea?

• Advertisements

• Newspapers are more than just news

• Balancing objective and subjective

The reporters, the editors, and all the other divisions of a newspaper contribute to the making of a newspaper’s content, but when it comes to printing, how is it physically made? In the 14th century they were made by ‘hot type’ machines, where the print was etched into the paper, whereas the presses that are used to print and assemble newspapers today are massive machines that use streaming sheets of paper. And even though the process inside a web press is extensive and complicated, the process all happens extremely quickly and one of today’s presses can create 70,000 copies of one newspaper in an hour. What is the main idea?

• The printing process

• How are they distributed?

• Balancing objective and subjective

Most people are familiar with what newspaper deliverers do. They deliver newspapers. These carriers buy large quantities of the newspaper and sell them to individual customers. These customers will then pay on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis, for receiving the daily newspaper delivered to them every day. What is the main idea?

• The printing process

• How are they distributed?

• Balancing objective and subjective

Which newspaper is it?

• quality press

• tabloids

People who write news are called ...

• editors

• authors

• journalists

• newsers

A headline is ....

• long with lots of words

• small

• short and sticky

• full of mistakes

Which newspapers are they?

• quality newspapers

• tabloids