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Show 41 The newspapers examined for this research include The Salt lake Tribune, the Deserer News, The New York Times, and The San Francisco Examiner. These newspapers' coverage of Utah's national parks from 1919 to 1971 serve as primary sources to illuminate the research questions. The Deseret News was the first newspaper printed in Great Salt Lake City. 107 Historian Frank Luther Mott called the newspaper "the first successful religious daily published in English."ios He attributed the success of the newspaper to "the use of general methods which worked for commercial dailies and an assured following among a denomination." 109 The paper was the official organ of the LDS church, and many of the front-page sermons from ecclesiastical leaders were adopted as the official history of the church. The motto of the paper, first published in 1850, was "Truth and Liberty," but those who did not belong to the LDS church saw the newspaper as a propaganda tool of a theocracy. Still, the Deseret News steered clear of sensationalism and attacked newspapers that pandered to attract an audience. ln 1920, in the early pan of this research, the newspaper had a daily circulation of20,959. 110 ln 1952, facing financial burdens, the De serer News and Sall lake Tribune entered into a joint operating agreement, where the newspapers shared printing, advertising, and circulation costs while producing separate edi1orial content. 107 Great Salt Lake City was the name of the city at the time 1hc Deseret News was first published. Utah did not become a territory of the United States until three months after the first run of the press. Frank Luther Mott, American Journalism: A History of Newspapers in the United States through 250 Years, 1690-1940 (London: Routlcdgerrhoemmes, 2000), 185. 103 IO'! Jbid.,]85. Wendell J. Ashton, Voice in the fYe~·t: Biography of a Pioneer Newspaper(New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1950),291. 110 |
