The Journalist (newspaper)

Not to be confused with the magazine published by the National Union of Journalists in the UK, The Journalist (magazine).

The Journalist (1884 - 1907) was the first successful American trade newspaper covering journalism. It was founded as The Journalist: A Magazine for All Who Read and Write by Leander Richardson and Charles Alfred Byrne and published weekly, commencing with its first issue on March 22, 1884.^[1][2][3]

The Journalist

The Journalist, nameplate of 1886
Type	Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)	Leander Richardson and Charles Alfred Byrne
Founded	March 22, 1884; 140 years ago (March 22, 1884)
Language	English
Ceased publication	1907; 118 years ago (1907); merged into Editor & Publisher

John Christian Freund became a partner in late 1884, and in January 1885, Charles J. Smith (former managing editor of the New York Star) bought the paper. Allan Forman was a long-time editor and owner of the paper.^[4][5][6]

The paper published weekly through March 23, 1895, then suspended and restarted from April 17, 1897 to June 16, 1906, before switching to a monthly publication schedule.^[3]

The paper was merged into Editor & Publisher (founded in 1901) in 1907.