James Gordon Bennett
Jobs
New York, 1823
Assistant editor
New York Courier and Enquirer
Freelance paper writer
Proofreader and Bookseller
Translate
Spanish news
Charleston Courier
1820
Was
Independent
Politics
John C. Frémont
Franklin Pierce
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
First interview
Martin Van Buren
United States President
First report
Conducted
Newspaper interview
First ever
Coverage
Died Murder
of
Prostitute Helen Jewett
April, 1836
Using
Latest technology
To
Report
Gather
Initiated
Cash in advance policy
Start
500 dolars
1835
Publisher
Editor
Founder
Died
1872
June 1
New York Herald
1866
James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
School
1818
School lectures
Did
Subordinate work
Political economy
Priest
Aberdeen
4 years
Roman Catholic priesthood
in
seminary
Family
Sons
Jeanette Gordon Bennet
James Gordon Bennet, Jr.
On June 6, 1840
Married
In
New York
Henrietta Agnes Crean
Newmill, Banffshire, Scotland
Catholic
Parents
(unknow names)
Born
September 1, 1795
Scotland