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Today It may sound crazy, but it's true: not that long ago people actually read newspapers. Some of those same people would also gather around TVs with rabbit-ear antennas tuned to one of three nightly network newscasts to find out what happened in the world that day. Before that, they relied on radio, and before that? Well, there's pretty much always been "news" in one form or another. Events that Changed the News If it's big enough (and these certainly were), the news story itself can have a profound effect on how news gets covered from that point forward. These 12 events had precisely that power. Freedom And that's the Way it Is In the Papers, 19th Century Style Search Related Topics:  broadcast news  newspapers  working in tv Evolution of the Outdated Improvements in printing presses kept newspapers vital at a time when the telegraph had newspapermen nervous. But it was the typewriter, the phonograph, photography and motion pictures that really paved the way for what some now refer to as "traditional" media. The First Newspaper Was Published When? Legendary Newspaperman Horace Greeley Five Things That Will Die When Newspapers Do Search Related Topics:  newspaper  printing  linotype Woodward & Bernstein and ... Two young reporters for the Washington Post played a critical role in reporting on the Watergate scandal in 1972 that ultimately forced Nixon to resign. But they couldn't have done it (or become household names) without Mark Felt. Ring any bells? Don't worry; it didn't in the 1970s either, but "Deep Throat" sure did. Joseph Pulitzer and His Prize Clooney's Vision of Edward R. Murrow Search Related Topics:  deep throat  watergate  richard nixon "Rosebud" In Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, a reporter desperately tries to uncover the meaning of the titular character's dying word. Charles Foster Kane, portrayed by Welles himself, is loosely based on newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, but that doesn't explain what "Rosebud" means. Or does it? Classic News Movies Welles' War on the Radio The Rest of the Story Search Related Topics:  citizen kane  orson welles  william randolph hearst Related Searches Free Newspaper World Newspaper Newspaper Search Read Newspaper News Letters Featured Articles Battling School Bullying Using iTunes Radio on Your iPhone Wire for Modelling and Miniatures All Wrapped Up Nitrogen Fixation Update Your iPad Apps Automatically   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Today newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com     Follow us on: Advertisement