Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists

A visit to Mark Twain’s old literary stomping grounds

Before the Hearsts and the Pulitzers, before the front page as we know it, the American newspaper was built by teenagers covered in soot, women who risked hanging, and editors who settled arguments…

In an era of change and fragmentation, the history of the early American press shows that media is shaped not only by technology, but by infrastructure, law, and society.

Alex Wright prints the fascinating history of the American newspaper.

America’s penny press transformed journalism in the 1830s, using hoaxes, sensationalism, and mass circulation to create a blueprint for modern media.

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News fatigue is nothing new

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

“In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear,”…

The classical musician, who performed with George Harrison and Van Morrison, died in a San Francisco hospital on Sunday

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