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Reference: Interactive Visualization: The Growth of Newspapers Across the U.S. 1690-2011

Filed by on July 28, 2011

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This visualization plots over 140,000 newspapers published over three centuries in the United States. The data comes from the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” project, which maintains a regularly updated directory of newspapers.

See Also: Journalism’s Voyage West: Visualizing US Newspapers, 1690-2011 (Animations)

See Also: More Interactive Visualizations

Source: Rural West Initiative, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University

Hat Tip/Thanks: VisualLoop

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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