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Newspaper of record
A newspaper of record is a colloquialism that generally refers to a newspaper that meets at least one of two criteria:
In its more common meaning, a newspaper of record is generally any public newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically unbiased. Newspapers of record are usually found internationally at newsstands as representative of the publishing country's news. Newspapers of record generally have strong editors, and are allowed to hold independent views from those of their proprietor. ControversySome editors of top Western newspapers consider the term obsolete and meaningless, when used in its strict, "record keeping" meaning. In that meaning, the term is considered a legacy of a time when newspapers were required to print official bulletins, shipping schedules, and the like, before the advent of the more literary forms of modern journalism. Daniel Okrent, at the time the public editor of The New York Times, wrote on April 25 2004 that his paper is no longer a newspaper of record, and that this change is to be welcomed. In his view, the journalism of a "newspaper of record" is "as much stenography as reporting, as much virtual reprinting of handouts (in the form of verbatim transcripts of unexceptional speeches) as provocative journalism." John Geddes, the managing editor of The New York Times, expressed this even more strongly: "I don't think there can be a 'paper of record'. The term implies an omniscient chronicler of events, an arbiter that perfectly captures the significance and import of a day in our lives. I don't work at that place."[1] List of newspapers of recordNewspapers that meet one or both of the abovementioned criteria to be considered a "newspaper of record" include (classified by language): Newspapers of record in English, by countryAustralia
BermudaCanadaEgyptGhanaHong KongIndia
IrelandIsraelLebanon
MalaysiaNew ZealandHowever the political neutrality of this paper has recently been questioned with its editorial stance on political matters.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10480130 Pakistan
Philippines
SingaporeSouth AfricaUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomEngland
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
United StatesBecause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as Near v. Minnesota, the government does not (and can not) define certain papers as having a right to print, or otherwise promote, restrict, or license newspapers. Therefore, in the U.S. a newspaper of record is generally held to be any public newspaper that has a large circulation (in many states, public notices are required to be published in a paper "of general circulation"), professional editorial and news-gathering functions, and generally unbiased/objective reporting. There are provisions whereby a newspaper may file an application to be recognized by the local government as a newspaper of public record for the purpose of publishing legal notices. This is generally done for revenue purposes, as certain types of legal publications (such as fictitious name registrations, mortgage and trust deed foreclosure and notices dealing with a lawsuit) may require publication in a newspaper that is not merely a de facto newspaper of record, but one that has specifically registered with the government as one and been recognized as such. However, being a "newspaper of public record" does not make a periodical into what is known as a "newspaper of record." This is why, despite its having a large circulation, a newspaper such as The National Enquirer is not considered a newspaper of record (its news-gathering functions are not considered professional, nor are its stories considered unbiased, or even factual), while a paper such as the Washington Post, with a smaller circulation, is generally considered a newspaper of record. Examples of some newspapers that many would regard as appropriate "newspapers of record" would likely include:
Others
Newspapers of record in Arabic, by countryInternationalEgyptIsrael & Occupied TerritoriesLebanonNewspapers of record in Dutch, by countryBelgiumThe NetherlandsNewspapers of record in Portuguese, by countryBrazil
PortugalNewspapers of record in French, by countryCanadaFranceLebanonSwitzerlandNewspapers of record in German, by countryAustria
Germany
LuxembourgSwitzerlandNewspapers of record in Spanish, by countryArgentinaBoliviaChileColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorGuatemalaMexicoNicaraguaPeruSpainUnited StatesVenezuelaNewspapers of record in Chinese, by territoryPeople's Republic of China
Republic of China (Taiwan)Hong KongNorth America
Croatian newspapers of record
Danish newspapers of record
Finnish newspapers of recordGreek newspapers of recordHebrew newspapers of recordHungarian newspapers of recordIcelandic newspapers of record
Italian newspapers of record
Japanese newspapers of record
Korean newspapers of recordNorwegian newspapers of record
Serbian newspapers of recordSlovak newspapers of recordSwedish newspapers of record
Polish newspapers of recordThai newspaper of recordTurkish newspapers of recordUkrainian newspapers of recordUrdu newspapers of record
Vietnamese newspapers of recordReferences
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