Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Use of English in Philippine Journalism

Philippine journalism started in 1637 with the publication of Sucesos Felices. The paper was printed by Tomas Pinpin. Sucesos Felices antedated by 50 years the first American newspaper.

But the first regular newspaper in the country was Del Superior which came out in August 8, 1811. It was under the control of the Spanish government. Thirty five years later, La Esperanza, the first daily newspaper, came out on December 1, 1846.




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