At their best, newspapers play an important role in keeping their readers informed and speaking truth to power.
Their history can be traced back many hundreds of years. In England, for example, the first known newsletter there, “Requests of the Devonshyre and Cornyshe Rebelles,” dates back to 1549, according to the News Media Association. “The Daily Courant,” a regular daily newspaper, was launched in 1702.
With circulations falling, and some quarters increasingly suspicious of traditional media, newspapers are going through a tricky time. How they adapt to an increasingly fluid media landscape will be an interesting story to follow.
