Newspaper Homework

3. A newspaper, according to Merriam-Webster, is "a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc."

4. The first newspaper to come into existence, according to Historic Pages, was found in Boston in 1690. It was called Publick Occurrences.

5. The Hartford Courant was one of the oldest newspaper in the United States. This newspaper was older than the nation. It was published semi-weekly starting in 1764. The New York Post was also considered one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. This newspaper was published daily starting in 1801.

6. I looked at the online version of the New York Times newspaper. In this newspaper there were a lot of leading stories including "Hillary Clinton Turns Up Heat on Bernie Sanders in a Sharp Debate" and "Putin says U.S. Fails to Cooperate in Syria." Other major headlines include, "In Courts, Running Out the Clock on Obama Immigration Plan" and "Afghan ISIS Branch Makes Inroads in Battle Against Taliban."

7. To be a "newspaper of record" the newspaper must be major throughout a society and be professional looking. The first designated newspaper of record was The New York Times in 1913. Other newspapers that can be considered "newspapers of record" are The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times.

8. When I look at a newspaper I immediately look at the big font. The big font correlates with the most important stuff in the whole newspaper. I also like to look at the various pictures throughout the newspaper. This is different from social media because on social media most everything is one font. It is hard to tell what is important on social media. Also, newspapers provide a lot more information about world-wide events than social media does. I think social media is better for communicating with friends. For me, it is hard to get "news" from social media sources. However, it is interesting to look at how news travels faster through social media than through newspapers. I think the problem with newspapers is no one has a lot of time to sit and read the newspaper whereas with social media it is easier to pull out your phone anywhere and look at it. Overall, I think social media is easier to access but newspapers convey more news.

9. I think this picture shows the correlation between big font and being important. This is from the San Francisco Newspaper.