Newspaper extra
A newspaper extra, extra edition, special edition, or simply extra is a special issue of a newspaper published outside the regular schedule to report major or breaking news that arrived too late for the standard edition, such as the outbreak of war, the assassination of a public figure, or key developments in a high-profile trial.[1]: 261
It evolved from the earlier broadside, a single-sided sheet intended to be posted in public places.[2]
Beginning in the mid-19th century United States, street vendors would call out, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" when selling extras.[3] This phrase later became a catchphrase often used to introduce dramatic events in films.[4]
With the rise of radio, extras became largely obsolete in the early 1930s in areas with good radio coverage, replaced by breaking news bulletins.[1]: 36 However, extras have occasionally appeared into the 21st century. For example, several North American newspapers published an extra on the afternoon of September 11, 2001, to report the terrorist attacks, even if they had not issued extras for years prior.[5][6]
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- ^ a b W. David Sloan, et al., eds., American Journalism: History, Principles, Practices, 2002, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, 1922, p. 59
- ^ Barbie Zelizer, Stuart Allen, Keywords in News and Journalism Studies, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 90
- ^ David R. Stokes, The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America, 2011, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 115
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