American newspaper coverage of the great meteor storm of 1833 provides an opportunity to observe that era's science journalism in action. The results are surprising. Newspapers in this period from the Revolution to the Civil War focused almost entirely on politics and were highly partisan, with little concern for local happenings and even less for science. Yet confronted with a completely unexpected celestial spectacle that had substantial scientific implications, most newspaper editors rose to the occasion by adopting uncharacteristic practices. They sought out observers and got interviews. They published letters from witnesses. They consulted scientific texts and printed explanations from scientists. Most editors tried to keep their articles factual, although their political stories h...
... which was prior to the creation of the Associated Press in 1849. American editors reprinted stories,...
**America's Wire Stories Now Available to Associated Press Member Newspapers** WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's Wire today released a story discussing the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, with some critics contending that the once influential commission needs significant structural changes to regain its past glory.
WEST COVINA - The Los Angeles Newspaper Group - to which this paper belongs - and Monster.com have teamed up to offer combined online and print job services via the group's nine local newspapers and associated newspaper websites. The co-branded site is launching this weekend on this paper's and the eight others' websites.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Courier & Press Editorial Page Editor Chuck Leach took top honors for editorial page writing among Indiana's largest newspapers Saturday at the annual meeting of the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors. Judges for the annual contest, which reviewed work produced by AP member newspapers during 2010, selected Leach for his writing regarding the proposed merger of Evansville and Vanderburgh County governments.
**America's Wire Stories Now Available to Associated Press Member Newspapers** WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's Wire today released a story documenting that African-Americans and Hispanics received significantly fewer mortgages than whites between 2004 and 2009, citing a study by ComplianceTech that was obtained exclusively by America's Wire. ComplianceTech analyzes mortgage data for government, non-profit organizations and financial institutions.
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