The Past and The Present of Newspapers

1.  According to Googler a newspaper “a printed publication (usually issued daily or weekly)                    consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and            correspondence.” newspaper definition

2.  The first newspapers first that came into existence was in the 17^th century in Europe.
     Newspaper History 

3.  The Boston News Letter, The New England Courant, The New Hampshire Gazette, and The                Hartford Gazette are some the earliest and oldest newspaper in the United States.  
     Newspaper History

4.  When looking for “Leading Stories” I used the front page of  The Wall Street Journal. The                  “leading stories” that I found were “Turkey Buries Its Dead Amid Turmoil Over Terrorist Attack”,      "World To Fed: Get On With It”, and “SEC Cuts Use of Own Judges”. 

5.   According to Google the newspaper of record in “Is a major newspaper that has a large                       circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and             typically authoritative.” The first US paper designated as the nation’s newspaper of record in               1913 was The New York Times. Other US papers Such as The Los Angel’s Time and The                       Washington Post can be considered a newspapers of record. newspaper of record

6.  When looking at newspapers compared to social media to stay connected there are noticeable              differences. I consider Newspapers to be more boring because of the way it’s printed, black and          white, barely pictures, and small print. Reading a paper is a rare occurrence for me because it's a          hassle with trying to read the small print and the turning the pages to where I want to go to. The          rare times that newspaper do get my attention is when something catastrophic happens and that is        because the title are then large and in charge and interesting. Though it is informational                        newspapers do not catch my attention like social media. When social media talks about something      it seems more exciting, and anyone and everyone knows about it because there are outrageous            titles that catch people’s attention, pictures, and colors. Social media sites such as: Facebook,              YouTube, and Twitter are where news can be found. According to an article on Al.com How Social Media is Overshadowing Traditional Newspapers it states that “30% of people get their news        through Facebook.” When I go on any social media sites I don’t originally look for news it just            pops on my feed and I look at it. Newspapers are inconvenient because we do not have it on us all      the time like social media, sooner or later newspapers will most likely become digitalized rather          than printed.