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Penny Press Impact

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The penny press has a major impact on the world of news, journalism, and even advertising. Before the introduction of the penny press, the newspaper industry had a complete different look. From the way that they were written and produced, to the way that they were bought and delivered to the reader, they were different. The penny press is responsible for changing the newspaper industry into something that we are able to recognize today. The New York Sun was the first penny press published. It was soon followed by the Evening Transcript and the New York Herald. This new type of newspaper changed how the other newspaper were run. Papers before were taken up by mostly ads, and the articles could get out of hand quickly. Writers multiple times wrote direct pieces about other journalist that they believed weren’t as good, or didn’t agree with their opinion. Articles were mainly pointed at wealthy businessmen. There weren’t articles that could be read by most people, and be understood. They were written in a way that if you didn’t know business, you would be lost. Articles were a major part of newspapers before, and still to this day. But how they are laid out has changed. Before the penny press, ads would take up most of the front page, and all of the back page. Ads were also only meant for businessmen. They were …show more content…

The penny press helped bring in news for everyone. Events throughout the day would be put into the paper. Maybe it was an accident, or a major event that had happened near them. The penny presses also helped bring about the idea of having journalist all over the nation, for example in Washington D.C. This helped bring about more detailed articles from across the nation. It also helped expand the politics section of a paper. Today a lot of the news we read is because of the penny press. Most of the news isn’t about shipping topics or legal notices, it’s more everyday things like celebrities or

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