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Megan Branch, Intern
In a time where newspapers are folding and cutting delivery days left and right, it’s easy to forget that the newspaper was once the favorite, and maybe only, way for 
people to get information. During the American Revolution, journalists were similar to modern-day bloggers. Everyone, it seemed, was starting a newspaper to bring his opinions to the public, including some people who might surprise you. In Scandal & Civility: Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy, Marcus Daniel, associate professor of American History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, offers a new perspective on the most influential, partisan journalists of the 1790s. Daniel reminds us that journalists’ rejection of civility and their criticism of the early American government were essential to the creation of modern-day politics. Check back tomorrow for the answers.
1. What early American journalist studied epidemics while taking a break from politics and his newspaper?
2. What grandson of a certain Founding Father used his inheritance to start a newspaper?
3. Which former public-school student, after failing to successfully run a dry-goods shop, decided to “try his luck” at journalism?
4. What Princeton alumnus and early journalist wore homemade clothes to his commencement ceremony?
5. What journalist scandalized Philadelphia with the window dressing in his printing shop and bookstore?
