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Press room of the New York Tribune

Front page of the New York Herald with the headline reading The Lusitania is sunk; 1,000 probably are lost, featuring a photo of the ship and images of crew members.

Faded front page of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper from March 6, 1828, featuring English and Cherokee syllabary text in multiple columns under a phoenix emblem.

The Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom

Painting of a person with a headscarf reading a newspaper, with blue and white text overlaid reading: How the middle class learned to read.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: University of Chicago Journals - The Natural History of the Newspaper.	Grace Young	Nov 10, 2026
	Add new Web site: Texas A and M University System Open Digital Publishing - Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition - History of Newspapers.	Grace Young	May 28, 2026
	Add new Web site: Colorado Community College System Pressbooks - Media News and Reporting - Whats in a Newspaper (or Online News Website)?	Grace Young	Oct 02, 2025
	Add new Web site: Oklahoma State University Pressbooks - University Academic Writing for International Students: A Usage-based Approach - Newspapers as a Source: Types, Sections, and Objectivity.	Yamini Chauhan	Sep 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: CORE - Newspaper Collections and History.	Grace Young	Jul 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Chicago Journals - The Natural History of the Newspaper.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 19, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Washington Post - A History of Newspaper: Gutenberg's Press sarted a revolution.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 07, 2024
	Links added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 18, 2023
	Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Newspapers.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 05, 2022
	Add new Web site: PressbooksOER - Open Textbooks - Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy - History of Newspapers.	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 17, 2022
	Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - History of Newspapers in America.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 27, 2018
	Replaced photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 28, 2017
	Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - How Newspapers Work.	Darshana Das	Feb 19, 2013
	Added new Web site: Editor and Publisher - America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry.	John Higgins	May 27, 2009
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Newspapers Work.	Shiveta Singh	Dec 23, 2008
	Media added.	Michael Ray	Feb 08, 2008
	Added new Web site: Look and learn - History of The Children Newspaper.	Gaurav Shukla	May 23, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 15, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998