JOUR 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sara Jeannette Duncan, Reginald Fessenden, Kit Coleman
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Used paper to accuse gov. of corruption. Faked letter to editor (to himself from concerned citizen) Press needs to be unshackled and free for society to function. First issue of the newspaper was the last. Went on to establish the niagara falls evening review. Had one story: the history of glamis. This history lives because this journalist wrote it down. We"ll all have this time in our career. Wrote women"s kingdom for toronto daily mail. Wrote under kit , real name = kathleen blake watkins. Came to be know is kit"s kingdom. Her first column reads more like social media feed nowadays. People lined up outside building on saturday morning to buy paper. Paper saw her value, gave her more assignments, travelled to europe, etc. Encouraged the guessing game, helped protect her privacy. Run things like pictures titled which one is kit (played on peoples" curiosity)