Journalism is a profession that has individuals write for newspapers or other news sources. During the revolutionary war people needed a quick and efficient way to receive news and information regarding the war and any other issues relating to it. The people of the 13 colonies wanted to know what was going on during the war and how it would affect their lives. There needed to be a way to get news and information to the people of the colonies. This would open the doors to the start of American journalism. The start of American journalism did happen years before the American Revolution, but was very prominent during the revolution. It all started in 1609, when one of the first newspapers known as “Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick"
