COMPLETE: The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin -jo

[progressingamerica]

The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin (1873 - 1948)

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/the-american-newspaper-by-will-irwin/

The American Newspaper is a critical study of journalism conducted by Will Irwin from 1909 to 1910 spanning fifteen articles that discuss the origins, purposes, and principles to which journalists should aspire. The article series appeared in Collier's in serialized form in 1911.

Source text (please read only from this text!): Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, Article 14, Article 15

Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.

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Magic Window:

BC Admin

Genres for the project: *Non-fiction, Political Science

Keywords that describe the book: news, journalism, newspapers, Collier's

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:

"Section # of The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin. Section Title."

End of recording:
Say:

"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: americannewspaper_##_irwin_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. americannewspaper_01_irwin_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)

MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.

[progressingamerica]

I can start as BC for this and I'll start with the first article in the series.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Hi progressingamerica. I'll MC for you. MW will be up shortly.

[sati]

I'd like to be a DPL if you need one but

I tried to open the article links and it took me to a page where it said no preview available. Is there any restriction to who can access the site? Or
Could you tell if I am missing something?

- Sati

[progressingamerica]

Hi progressingamerica. I'll MC for you. MW will be up shortly.

Thanks Jo. I'll get that information filled in shortly.

[progressingamerica]

I'd like to be a DPL if you need one but

I tried to open the article links and it took me to a page where it said no preview available. Is there any restriction to who can access the site? Or
Could you tell if I am missing something?

- Sati

Hello Sati,

Could you let me know which ones seem unworkable? This series is pretty interesting, I just wish it had been published in pamphlet/book form along the way at some point. They all seem working when I click them.

Also, it seems as all of the entries are really short. You ok if I use page count instead of word count in the MW? Many of the pages have images and are only one column, which complicates getting a definitive word count.

[knotyouraveragejo]

These are also available on archive, if the issue is access to Google books.

[rlmorel]

Greetings-I would like to participate on this...

Would anyone have any objection if I claimed the three articles below? I am new to this, so if I am not observing some process or protocol, help me out and I will adhere as I learn them!

4 The Spread and Decline of Yellow Journalism
5 What Is News?
9 The Advertising Influence

[progressingamerica]

Greetings-I would like to participate on this...

Would anyone have any objection if I claimed the three articles below? I am new to this, so if I am not observing some process or protocol, help me out and I will adhere as I learn them!

4 The Spread and Decline of Yellow Journalism
5 What Is News?
9 The Advertising Influence

Sections have been assigned, thank you!

[rlmorel]

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/americannewspaper_04_irwin_128kb_mp3.mp3

File Duration: 28:27

[rlmorel]

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/americannewspaper_05_irwin_128kb.mp3

File Duration: 21:36

[sati]

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/americannewspaper_04_irwin_128kb_mp3.mp3

File Duration: 28:27

hello rlmorel
PL Notes
a) There is a repeat at 9:36 till 10:15, which you'll have to edit out. "Interest in sporting news was growing;...." line 37th left column Pg 19 of Article 14.

b) at 11:14 there's a more than usual silence and a mouse click which is noticeable...

c) at 20:32 you've missed a line at the top of Pg 20 "...periodicals which hold the great national circulation are as gold to ..."

d) at 27:13 it says "...somehow that kind of exploitation of public interest..." and I heard "....somehow that kind of explanation of public interest...". 25th line from the bottom on page 36

On a minor note
a) There is a light but constant buzz sound in the beginning of the recording and in the middle too.. I was wondering if there is a way to minimize it(?) if so, could you please try to do it.

If you have any concerns let me know

[sati]

Oh! one more thing I faced. When I tried to open the recording sent by rlmorel in Audacity.
There was a pop-up which said
"Import failed. This is likely caused by a malformed MP3"

Any reason why that happened?

[progressingamerica]

Oh! one more thing I faced. When I tried to open the recording sent by rlmorel in Audacity.
There was a pop-up which said
"Import failed. This is likely caused by a malformed MP3"

Any reason why that happened?

I haven't seen this myself but others have:

ERROR: Import Failed- this is likely caused by a malformed MP3
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=116662

[rlmorel]

I wonder if it was the malformed filename which ends in ".mp3.mp3"

I was able to click on it and listen to it, but...I don't doubt there might be systems that are confused by it. I guess I might try to upload it again?