Introduction:
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| New York Herald- April 15 1865 |
This research blog intends to describe the evolution in
newswriting that had been building
during the Civil War, and came to a head the
morning of April 15, 1865. Following President Lincoln’s assassination, the
practice of journalism takes a marked turn in how news was disseminated to the
public, mostly in the name of efficiency. In newsrooms of today, the merits of the 24-hour cycle and inverted pyramid leads are well known, and both of these qualities have their roots in the reporting done that fateful night.
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