The British Press

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson

Newspaper is a set of folded pieces of paper with news about politics, sport etc.

The first true newspaper was a weekly newspaper.

It started in Germany in 1609

It was called Strassburg Relation

Types of newspapersA ‘quality ‘ newspaper is a newspaper which is produced to a high standard.

A ‘popular’ (tabloid) newspaper is a newspaper on smaller pieces of paper usually with many pictures and without much serious news.

A ‘quality’ newspaper A tabloid

Famous ‘quality’ newspapers‘The Times’

‘Financial Times’

‘The Daily Telegraph’

Tabloids‘The Daily Express’

‘The Daily Mirror’

‘The Sun’