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Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The United States' Founding Fathers knew how important a free press could be to their great experiment in democracy--so important that they protected that freedom in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Throughout the history of the United States (and before), newspapers have documented the ins and out and ups and downs of the country. This intriguing volume will showcase these primary sources of American history, from the earliest reports...
Author
Publisher
Agate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning journalist Dave Hoekstra interviews the people trying to keep the lights on at community newspapers across the country amid buyouts, declining revenues, fake news, and a pandemic. This is not another account of the death of local journalism-but rather a celebration of the community ties, perseverance, and empathy that's demonstrated in community newsrooms across the country"--
Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An Inky Business is a history of ink, paper, printing press and type. It is the story of those who made and read newspapers in Britain, continental Europe and America from the English Civil Wars to the Battle of Gettysburg over two hundred years later. It is an account of what news was and how the idea of news became central to public life, as well as how newspapers ranged from purveyors of high seriousness to carriers of scurrilous gossip."
10) The trade off
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"For Stella, deputy editor of The Globe, the choice has always been clear. It doesn't matter how low she has to stoop--getting the best story is what she's built her reputation on. For Jess, The Globe's rookie reporter, the story stops when the truth does. But she knows that the dirty tricks of the tabloids will be hard to overturn. And when a celebrity is hounded by The Globe and pays the ultimate price, Jess wonders just how much Stella and the...
Author
Series
Walker family (Melissa Tagg) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In small-town Iowa, a newspaper editor and a political speechwriter who have both experienced heartbreak begin working together to save the local paper, butting heads at first but slowly kindling sparks of interest in each other"--
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
With these words, Elena Ferrante bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian newspaper. For a full year, she wrote an article each week, the subjects of which had been suggested by Guardian editors, making the writing process a form of prolonged interlocution.
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a gust of wind sends the pages of a newspaper flying, each page travels to a different place and experiences a different life, including being used to clean a mirror, line the cage of a pet, and shelter a homeless person from the cold.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights...
19) The candy smash
Author
Series
Lemonade war series volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Explores the distinctive power of poetry and love--fourth grade style"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
University of Iowa extension bulletin volume no. 175
Publisher
The University
Pub. Date
[1927]
Language
English
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