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The birth of American journalism was essentially a very rapid abortion. In 1690, a man named Benjamin Harris published 'Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and…
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Massive newspaper formats only became standard practice because early publishers were heavily taxed strictly by page count. Making the actual paper absurdly…
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The relaxing weekend paper you browse with your morning coffee is a byproduct of mass panic. Publications traditionally took Sundays off until the Civil War,…
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Sunday funnies were not drawn for artistic expression, but as a desperate tactic to radically boost daily circulation. Goofy cartoon cats were the original…
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Thinking up a clever visual metaphor every single morning is exhausting work. Consequently, political artists lean aggressively on overused symbols like…
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The daily press traditionally involves chopping down trees to print massive sheets detailing everything awful that happened twenty-four hours ago. Your…
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