Dr. Karen E. Melucci, 82, of Jamestown, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2023. Born in Los Angeles, she was a daughter of the late Frederick Stokes and Muriel E. (Bedal) Pratt. Karen grew up on the East Side of Providence, and received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University, where she later served as
First draft of history: How the Herald has reported a changing Australia
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The Sydney Morning Herald started six years before Queen Victoria was crowned and her reign saw growing literacy among colonists who had developed a thirst for news from England, commerce, crime and conflict.
The mix has changed: Sydney, national and international news are staples, politics, sport and celebrity now dominate; and electronic and social media publishing platforms complement print.
The front page of the first Herald, published on April 18, 1831.
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