Toronto Star

The Toronto star came to be in the year 1892 where it was competing with other six newspapers in the bustling city. It was considered as paper for the people as it started appearing on the street (The Toronto star, 1). The product of the newspaper was meant to pass information to the people and what was happening around them.

The newspaper was an evening star that was being printed almost overnight by 21 different printers. The process was overlooked by four teenagers ho at a point were locked out during the labor dispute during the afternoon news (The Toronto star, 1). The newspaper was made up of only four pages that with time grew up to become the largest Canada’s daily newspaper (Ames, 1). The process of making the newspaper did not come without its fair share of challenges as the technology was still in developing. The printers lacked capital and the business experience was still young. The printing was made in black will the paper was white in color. However, the inspiration for the paper came from the hope that the paper was reflecting about the working people concerns in the overcrowded fields that they operated in. The printing process faced financial challenges as the paper run out of that caused a steady drop in its sales (The Toronto star, 1).

The weekly publication was supportive of conservative values that did greatly advocate for the protestant Ascendancy hence making it a significant publication (Ames, 1). The product of this newspaper is found in England where it targeted many of the people residing in that area. The product was supposed to be innovative as it was the major agenda of the paper. After experiencing the hardships the young journalist Joseph Atkinson was appointed in the year 1899 and the product began to improve (The Toronto star, 1). The product was required to be informative o the people in order to draw large numbers of them to take a look at it. It was also meant t have attractive features so that it can attract those who never paid attention to another form of newspaper in the region. The star was protecting the state treasury from the crackpot so that every individual could be safeguarded (Ames, 1).

 

The structure of the star was greatly influenced by the American editorial style that was comprised of off-colored words. The product was made into four pages as it was the most the director’s saw as the optimal number of pages so as to make the readers read up to the end of the newspaper. This was meant to draw many people into the reading hence the avoidance of the many pages. The form in which the Toronto star took was influenced by the directors as they wanted something unique and different from the other form of newspapers (The Toronto star, 1). The Toronto star was independent of any political party hence a strong relation why people would want to buy it. The star was being published for the ordinary people hence an extensive reading strategy that led to great social changes such as state welfare, pension and healthcare of liberalization in Britain (Ames, 1).

Work cited

Ames Lily. Toronto newspaper of the past( and present) (2011). Retrieved from http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/toronto_newspapers_of_the_past_and_present/

The Toronto Star. History of the Toronto Star: A Century Of A Paper For The People (1892-1992). Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/about/history-of-the-toronto-star.html