Editing The Wall Street Journal (section)

===1954: Automobile models===
On May 28, 1954, the ''Journal'' published a front-page story by John Williams revealing designs of 1955 automobiles by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]], and other auto makers. Williams had talked to factory workers and auto executives for several weeks. The story revealed that the cars would have larger engines and wrap-around windshields. The inclusion of drawings was notable for being a rare use of graphics by the ''Journal'' of the time. Nearly a week later, [[General Motors]] canceled its nearly $250,000 in advertising with the ''Journal''; GM president [[Harlow Curtice]] accused the ''Journal'' of copyright infringement and breach of confidentiality.{{sfn|Scharff|1986|pp=[https://archive.org/details/worldlypowermaki0000scha/page/126/mode/2up?q=%22Williams+did+not+attempt%22 126]-[https://archive.org/details/worldlypowermaki0000scha/page/126/mode/2up?q=%22may+28+1954%22 127]}} [[Richard Tofel]] of [[ProPublica]] commented on this story in 2015: "The little-remembered incident helped establish the notion that news organizations could and should preserve their independence from advertisers."<ref>{{cite web|last=Tofel|first=Richard|title=The Time a Newspaper Stared Down the Country's Largest Advertiser|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/the-time-a-newspaper-stared-down-the-countrys-largest-advertiser|publisher=ProPublica|date=April 22, 2015|access-date=September 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507155833/https://www.propublica.org/article/the-time-a-newspaper-stared-down-the-countrys-largest-advertiser|archive-date=May 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>