History of North American Newspapers Quiz

Answer: Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick

Boston printer Benjamin Harris initiated the newspaper in 1690, yet after only one issue, the newspaper was banned because free speech was not yet guaranteed, and locals were upset at some of the newspaper's reporting.

Answer: 1883

"New York World" was one of the first papers to cater to immigrants by incorporating maps and drawings to help readers comprehend the text. The Pulitzer Prize is named after Joseph Pulitzer.

Answer: 250,000

10 years after "New York World" posted its 250,000 mark, the paper excelled and reached 600,000 by 1897. The competing newspaper "New York Journal" achieved a circulation of 450,000.

Answer: 1895

The "New York Journal" started in 1895 and the newspaper became popular quickly. Its circulation reached 450,000 in 1896.

Answer: "The New York Times"

Ochs invested $75,000 in the paper and changed the way papers operated by covering more news stories and trying to distance itself from sensational stories.

Answer: "Chicago Tribune"

Incidentally, "Chicago Tribune"'s original building, which was made of wood, burned to the ground in the Great Chicago Fire, along with most of the rest of Chicago. Following the fire, the paper's staff missed only two days getting back on its feet. Joseph Medill, the editor, was later elected mayor of Chicago.

Answer: 1848

The six New York papers that founded the innovative wire service company later began sending stories to papers in Washington D.C., not just papers in New York. The name "wire service" originated from using telegraph lines to send stories.

Answer: 27

Indeed, technological advances have led to fewer people reading newspapers. The radio back in the 1930s accounted for some of the early drop in reading. The Internet also played a large role in decreasing how much people read newspapers, given that so much of the newspaper content is presented on the World Wide Web.

Some countries in Europe and across the world have not experienced the newspaper readership drop the United States has. These include Japan, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Germany, and Norway, all of which have higher readership rates.

Answer: "USA Today"

From its 1980s launch, "USA Today" revolutionized the way newspapers are made, printed, and appear. Its high use of color has attracted readers across the country, and the small story length on the front page, which stand up against large color photos, seems less daunting to readers, who are drawn in by the pictures.

Answer: True

Because of the high number of Spanish-speaking people in the United States, Spanish newspapers will always have a demographic to aim at. Also a Bangladeshi newspaper covered the deaths of 100 Bangladesh community members when the major dailies focused on the larger view of "how many died?", not as much as "who died?"
In the 1800s, African Americans began printing their own papers because they had to stay informed on their ever-changing rights and who would be waiting for them once they overstepped them.