Class Response to Newspapers

A few days ago, Mr. Miller's Journalism 1 class learned about the history of Newspapers. Turns out Newspapers have been around for centuries. The term, newspaper came from the latin words acta diurna in 59 B.C. Overtime, newspapers have stayed the same, they give what the people want to know and what the people need to know. I found it very interesting that newspapers have been around so long even with the emerging of new ways to get the news. They have been around because its a tradition, its non-dependent on electricity, its non-linear (ability to pick a random point and read) and its a physical object that is portable, save able and many other things. Because of newspapers we have found the answers to the most horrible secrets of the world.