The Street of Ink: An Intimate History of Journalism (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

H. Simonis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266974589 ISBN 13: 9780266974581

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A revealing, intimate portrait of journalism’s growth through the people, papers, and pressures that shaped it.

From its early days to the modern era, this book traces how newsrooms, editors, and publishers built the infrastructure of the press. It blends vivid profiles with concrete history, showing how decisions in offices, printing houses, and street-side papers shaped what the public read, and how those choices echoed through society.

Through detailed snapshots of influential papers and the journalists who powered them, the volume illuminates the human side of news—from ambitious founders to enduring institutions. It offers a grounded view of how the daily business of reporting, editing, and distributing information evolved, often under economic and political pressures.

• Profiles of editors, proprietors, and key newsroom figures
• Stories about printing, distribution, and the life of a newspaper
• Context on how private enterprise shaped the British press
• Examples drawn from major papers and their moments of change

Ideal for readers curious about journalism’s past, and how those early choices still echo in today’s media landscape.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266974589
• ISBN 13: 9780266974581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 452