American Reporter
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The American Reporter is the first online-only newspaper. Started in 1995 by current Editor-in-Chief Joe Shea
. It is published seven days per week as an electronic daily newspaper and is owned by the writers whose work it features.
It was started by members of the Society of Professional Journalists
Internet discussion list but was never affiliated with the SPJ. The paper has no political, corporate or other affiliation, but was founded to give journalists around the world an opportunity to have a financial stake in their own work. Each story carried by the paper earns equity for the correspondent in profits from advertising and subscriptions, and income when their stories sell to other newspapers. The paper began publication on April 10, 1995, becoming the first daily Internet news site with original news and features. Nine days later, the paper's Chief Correspondent, former Memphis AP bureau chief Bill Johnson, began breaking news coverage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
bombing in Oklahoma City
, which continued until the death of Timothy McVeigh
and the conviction of his accomplice. The Paper was honored by the ACLU in 2000 with an "Uppie" Award for its ground-breaking First Amendment
victory in the Shea v Reno
U.S. Supreme Court case that ended government censorship of the Internet.
Among the paper's other major accomplishments were the worldwide scoop on the Good Friday IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, reported by AR Correspondent Stephen O'Reilly, and reporting on the beginning of the end of the Suharto era by Nieman International Fellow Andreas Harsono of Jakarta. Joe Shea won the Los Angeles Press Club award for the Best Internet News Story in 2000 for an article that led to the arrest of eight people to jail on charges of fraud in a multimillion-dollar "pyramid"
scam. AR Chief of Correspondents Randolph Holhut won the Vermont Press Assn. First Place for Editorial Writing in 2007.
Joe Shea
Joe Shea is editor-in-chief of The American Reporter, the first daily Internet newspaper, started on April 10, 1995...
. It is published seven days per week as an electronic daily newspaper and is owned by the writers whose work it features.
It was started by members of the Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...
Internet discussion list but was never affiliated with the SPJ. The paper has no political, corporate or other affiliation, but was founded to give journalists around the world an opportunity to have a financial stake in their own work. Each story carried by the paper earns equity for the correspondent in profits from advertising and subscriptions, and income when their stories sell to other newspapers. The paper began publication on April 10, 1995, becoming the first daily Internet news site with original news and features. Nine days later, the paper's Chief Correspondent, former Memphis AP bureau chief Bill Johnson, began breaking news coverage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States Federal Government complex located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people, including 19 children...
bombing in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
, which continued until the death of Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy James McVeigh was a United States Army veteran and security guard who detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995...
and the conviction of his accomplice. The Paper was honored by the ACLU in 2000 with an "Uppie" Award for its ground-breaking First Amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
victory in the Shea v Reno
Joe Shea
Joe Shea is editor-in-chief of The American Reporter, the first daily Internet newspaper, started on April 10, 1995...
U.S. Supreme Court case that ended government censorship of the Internet.
Among the paper's other major accomplishments were the worldwide scoop on the Good Friday IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, reported by AR Correspondent Stephen O'Reilly, and reporting on the beginning of the end of the Suharto era by Nieman International Fellow Andreas Harsono of Jakarta. Joe Shea won the Los Angeles Press Club award for the Best Internet News Story in 2000 for an article that led to the arrest of eight people to jail on charges of fraud in a multimillion-dollar "pyramid"
Pyramid scheme
A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public...
scam. AR Chief of Correspondents Randolph Holhut won the Vermont Press Assn. First Place for Editorial Writing in 2007.
Reference
- J. D. Lasica, "Net Gain," American Journalism Review, Vol. 18, November 1996.