Antedating of "Journalism" and "Journalistic"

[Shapiro, Fred]

journalism (OED 1833)

1791 _ Observer_ (London) 4 Dec. (Burney Collection Newspapers)  We would call attention of all interested in journalism and literature to the facsimile of the first number of THE OBSERVER, dated Deceomber 4, 1791, which was published today. ... It is the fashion now-a-days to deplore the tone of modern journalism, to deride its proclivities and ignore its virtues, and to lament the good old days of high journalistic morality.


journalistic (OED 1829)

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Fred Shapiro

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