Editing Mass media (section)

==== Newspaper ====
[[File:911-Panel.JPG|thumb|upright=1.25|A panel in the [[Newseum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], showing newspaper headlines from the day after [[September 11 attacks|9/11]] ]]
A [[newspaper]] is a [[publication]] containing news and information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called [[newsprint]]. It may be general or special interest, most often published daily or weekly. The most important function of newspapers is to inform the public of significant events.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Pavlik |first=John |title=Converging Media: A New Introduction to Mass Communication |last2=McIntosh |first2=Shawn |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-19-027151-0 |location=New York |page=75}}</ref> Local newspapers inform local communities and include advertisements from local businesses and services, while national newspapers tend to focus on a theme, which can be exampled with ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' as they offer news on finance and business related-topics.<ref name=":1"/> The first printed newspaper was published in 1605, and the form has thrived even in the face of competition from technologies such as radio and television. Recent developments on the Internet are posing major threats to its business model, however. Paid circulation is declining in most countries, and advertising revenue, which makes up the bulk of a newspaper's income, is shifting from print to online; some commentators, nevertheless, point out that historically new media such as radio and television did not entirely supplant existing.

The internet has challenged the press as an alternative source of information and opinion but has also provided a new platform for newspaper organisations to reach new audiences.<ref>{{Cite book |title=World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development Global Report 201/2018 |publisher=UNESCO |year=2018 |isbn=978-92-3-100242-7 |url=http://www.unesco.org/ulis/cgi-bin/ulis.pl?catno=261065&set=005B0BC365_3_169&gp=1&lin=1&ll=1 |page=202 |access-date=28 May 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213000536/https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000261065 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[World Trends Report]], between 2012 and 2016, print newspaper circulation continued to fall in almost all regions, with the exception of [[Asia–Pacific|Asia and the Pacific]], where the dramatic increase in sales in a few select countries has offset falls in historically strong Asian markets such as [[Japan]] and the [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]]. Most notably, between 2012 and 2016, [[India]]'s print circulation grew by 89 per cent.<ref>Campbell, Cecilia. 2017. "World Press Trends 2017". Frankfurt: WAN-IFRA.</ref>