вівторок, 30 квітня 2013 р.

MISSISSIPPI. HATTIESBURG AMERICAN


This newspaper is mostky famous because of it's long history and always fresh latest news about the political life of the country.


The Hattiesburg American is a U.S. newspaper based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, that serves readers in ForrestLamar, and surrounding counties in south-central Mississippi. The newspaper is owned by Gannett Company, Inc.


History
The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper, the Hattiesburg Progress. In 1907, the Hattiesburg Progress was acquired by The Hattiesburg Daily News. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the Hattiesburg American. The Hattiesburg American was purchased by the Harmon family in the 1920s and was sold to the Hederman family in 1960. Gannett Company acquired the newspaper in 1982.
In the early 1960s, the Hattiesburg American spoke out against the development of the Republican Party in Mississippi. In 2005, the Hattiesburg American received Gannett's 10th Freedom of Information Award for outstanding work on behalf of the First Amendment. In 2009, Gannett began reducing its workforce, newsprint costs, and consolidating operations. Publication of the Hattiesburg Americanwas moved to Gannett's Clarion-Ledger facility in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2010, Gannett announced its intention to sell the 38,000 square foot building which houses the Hattiesburg American operations at 825 North Main Street, and an agreement was reached with a Hattiesburg Commercial Realtor to sell the building.



If reading all this history is too boring for you, then you can read just these short notes: 

  • ·         The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper known as the Hattiesburg Progress. In 1907, it was acquired by and became The Hattiesburg Daily News.
  • ·         Because of the U.S.’s entry into World War I, it was renamed the Hattiesburg American in 1917. The Harmon family bought the paper during the 1920s.
  • ·         It was sold to the Hederman family in 1960. The Hederman family kept it for more than 20 years until the Hattiesburg American was acquired by Gannett in 1982.
  • ·         HattiesburgAmerican.com was launched Dec. 1, 2000.
  • ·         Today, the Hattiesburg American serves Forrest, Lamar and surrounding counties, providing local news and information through several different channels including the daily newspaper, website, quarterly publications and magazines.
Here you can find more information about this great newspaper and look at it's own site:





WICHITA EAGLE. KANSAS

Why I chose this newspaper? Maybe because it is the largest newspaper in Wichita, Kansas and surrounding area. So let's start discover for ourselves a world of this broadsheet.



The Wichita Eagle is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas. It is owned by The McClatchy Company, which publishes 31 other newspapers, including The Kansas City Star. It is the largest newspaper in Wichita, Kansas and the surrounding area.

Origins
The Eagle was founded and first edited by Marshall Murdock, and had its inception in the spring of 1872. Its chief competitor, the Beacon, launched in October of that year. Prominent newspaperman and politician Henry J. Allen was publisher of the Beacon for many years, and the two papers competed for 88 years.



In 1960 the Eagle purchased the Beacon. Both newspapers continued to be published, the Eagle in the morning and the Beacon in the evening. In 1973, Ridder Publications bought both newspapers. Ridder and Knight Newspapers merged in 1974 to form Knight Ridder, which combined the two newspapers into The Wichita Eagle-Beacon in 1980. In 1989, the Beacon name was dropped, and the newspaper became The Wichita Eagle.

Introduction of civic journalism
The paper built its national reputation largely under the editorship of W. Davis "Buzz" Merritt Jr., one of the earliest and most vocal proponents of civic journalism (also known as public journalism) which believes that journalists and their audiences are not merely spectators in political and social processes, and that journalists should not simply report dry facts as a pretense that their reporting represents unadulterated neutrality, which is impossible. Instead, the civic journalism movement seeks to treat readers and community members as participants. With a small, but growing following, civic journalism has become as much of an ideology as it is a practice. The Wichita Eagle was at the forefront of this movement. For example, for elections held in 1990, the paper polled 500 residents to identify their top concerns for the state.

Recent events
The Eagle became part of The McClatchy Company when McClatchy bought Knight Ridder in 2006.

At this newspaper you can easily learn not just latest news, but a lot of interesting information on these topics too: business, sport, people's opinion about the news, home and gardens, pets and religions, restaurants, events and fashion.
All in all, I suppose that this broadsheet will bring joy and interesting information for everyone - from kids to elderly people. 
Here are useful links:

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. NORTH DAKOTA

At this state the most popular newspaper is the BISMARCK TRIBUNE. So I want to tell you some things about this tabloid.




The Bismarck Tribune is a daily newspaper printed in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Tribune is the primary daily newspaper for south-central and southwest North Dakota. Its average daily circulation is 31,081 on Sundays and 27,620 on weekdays. One notable reporter for the paper was Mark H. Kellogg.



The editorial viewpoint is conservative, though it endorsed John Kerry for president in 2004. The Tribune's first claim to fame was the 1876 report of George Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn. In 1938 the paper won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service after publishing a series of articles called "Self-Help in the Dust Bowl."

Here it is nowadays' page of this newspaper:

And of course links of this magasine:

It's my point of view but this newspaper offers you infornation about everything: sport, politics, food, health, house, lifestyles and it gives us information about tv programs, new books published and it is printed with small interesting games inside. So this newspaper really is worth reading!

Newspapers in Maryland. THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Searching the internet I decided to write some information about a famous newspaper called The Washington Examiner.  



The Washington Examiner is a free daily newspaper published in Springfield, Virginia, and distributed in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal,Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. The Examiner is owned by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz,  who purchased their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.  The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine The Weekly Standard. The Examiner co-sponsored the  Republican presidential debate in Ames, Iowa on August 11, 2011.

It was announced in March 2013 that the paper will stop its daily print edition in June 2013 and be replaced by a weekly print magazine.


Distribution
The newspaper is supported entirely by advertisements and is distributed in the Washington, D.C. area. The paper is available at most Washington Metro subway stations. It is delivered to 300,000 houses on Thursdays and 250,000 on Sundays. It is printed in a compact format. The Examiner covers world, national, and local news and sports. The Examiner's executive editor is Stephen G. Smith. The newspaper employs staff writers, news services, syndicated writers, and freelance writers.

Format
Generally, the format of the Examiner starts with a cover page with local headlines, as opposed to national headlines. The next 8-10 pages are devoted to local news. National/political news follows, with pieces about things such as entertainment, real estate, etc. mixed in. There are typically four pages of op-eds with both syndicated and exclusive articles. Several pages of legal advertisements follow, and the last pages are for sports news.

Political views
The Examiner's conservative writers include Byron York (National Review), 

Michael Barone (American Enterprise Institute, Fox News Channel), 

and David Freddoso (National Review, author of The Case Against Barack Obama).

The paper endorsed John McCain in the 2008 presidential election and Adrian Fenty in the Democratic primary for mayor in 2010.  On December 14, 2011, it endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, saying he was the only Republican who could beat Barack Obama in the general election,  releasing a series of critical articles of Obama.

Here you can find all the news from this newspaper^

And here all the videos about the news written in th Washington Examiner are available for watching:

суботу, 1 грудня 2012 р.

Lewis and Clark Trail Museum

The Lewis and Clark Museum is housed in a building that was originally constructed to become an elementary and high school in 1914. It was home to many school children until 1968 before it was converted to become a museum in 1967. The museum was dedicated on the 29th of June 1969.

It is located on the U.S. Highway 85; the museum welcomes visitors from Memorial Day to Labor Day. It is usually open on Monday to Saturday, from 9am until 5pm and Sundays from 1pm to 5pm. Since it is the largest museum in the Northwest, it has a three story building not including other buildings and outdoor exhibits. On the first floor of the main museum, tourists can enjoy exhibits including the Last Lynching in North Dakota and School Room an exhibit of a one-room school during the early days. Moreover, there is an extensive display of memorabilia about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

There are as well antique cars, a blacksmith’s shop, printing press and other machinery dating back to the old days. There are many more exhibits and displays to discover on the second and third floors.





неділю, 28 жовтня 2012 р.

KEY FACTS ABOUT MARYLAND

Population (1994): 5,006,000 (18th in size)


State size: 10,460 square miles (42nd in size)

State Capital: Annapolis (named after Queen Anne of England)



Major cities: Annapolis, Baltimore, Dundalk, Silver Spring, Towson and Wheaton








Admission to union: The 7th State

Date entered the union: April 28, 1788

Origin of state name: Named after Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I of England.

Nicknames: The Old Line State

Bordering states: Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east.

Motto: Manly Deeds, Womanly Words

State bird: Baltimore Oriole


State flower: Black-eyed Susan


State tree: White Oak





пʼятницю, 26 жовтня 2012 р.

History of Maryland



A lot of events and changes have happened in Maryland to make it the state it is today. There are many historic periods in Maryland's history. There was the colonial period in which settlers first came to America to settle. There was the Revolutionary period, which occurred during the American Revolution. Then, there was the period that took place during the Civil War in which most of Marylanders were split on opinions. The Revolutionary Period and Civil War period are placed together because they are around the same time periods.  The final period can all be categorized in the twentieth century, from 1900 to 2000. There is an extensive amount that has happened in the last one hundred years. The main events will be pointed out.

Here are some key ideas and events to keep in mind while looking at the History of Maryland:

·         The first settlement in Maryland was established by English settlers in about 1634.
·         Maryland did not become a state in the United States until 1776, during the American Revolution.
·         It had always been a slave state. But, by 1860, about fifty percent of black Americans had been set free by their masters. 




Here are some more links to learn more about the history of Maryland: