Newspaper Exhibits

1. What is a newspaper?

A newspaper is a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories info about local events, advertisements, etc.

2. When and where did newspapers first come into existence?

The first newspaper was made as early as the 16th century in Germany.

3. What were some of the very oldest newspaper in the United States?

Some of the oldest newspapers in United States were the Boston News-letter and The New- England Courant.

4. In a current newspaper what news is receiving attention and what are the "leading stories"?

In The Wall Street Journal the news was mainly nation wide concerning the leaders in our world. The top stories were "dell to Buy EMC for $67 Billion", "Libya's Masked Men Hunt Human Smugglers', and "Builders suffer Labor Pains".

5. What does it mean to be the "newspaper of record"? What US newspaper was first designated as the nation's newspaper of record in 1913? What other US paper can be considered a newspaper of record?

The newspaper of record refers to a publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices. The New York Times was the Nation's first designated newspaper of record. Another Newspaper that could be considered a newspaper of record is The Washington Post.

6. How is looking at a newspaper different from our use of social media to stay connected/

Newspapers are very different from social media in good and bad ways. One of the reasons that looking at a newspaper is different from the use of social media is because on social media, the public gets to control what our news actually is. We are also to publicly share our ideas and thoughts about the news too. Newspapers do not allow us to do this because a group of people decide what news should be important to us. However, this can be a good thing because social also has many distractions and at times the news that you see on Twitter or Instagram can be considered irrelevant. The news in the Newspaper is almost always relevant and important in one way or another. But it is honestly just a preference. Some people may like having the option to "follow" whomever they want to receive specific news and updates while others may want something set and already played out for them.