JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: The New-England Courant, The New York Weekly Journal, Albany Plan
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The modern notion of objectivity a practice that has been central to defining the role of. Partisan press, subjective, was before penny press, taking advantage of freedom of press. Separate from the influence of political parties. Raphael cohen-almagor the limits of objective reporting . The penny press emerged on sept. 3 1833 when printer benjamin day started the new. One of the many ways that penny press papers helped fuel that growth and also. The use of terms journalists and reporter were infrequent before the day started. Sociologist michael schudson writes that the reporter was a social invention of the. Schudson says that even by 1860, just before the start of the civil war, american. After the civil war, he writes, reporting became a more highly esteemed and more. Reporters more esteemed and paid more, evolving- penny press now appeals to mass. Joseph pulitzer bought the new york world in 1883.