CT Newspapers – A story still unfolding | Wikimedia Commons
CT Newspapers – A story still unfolding | Wikimedia Commons
VIRTUAL EVENT!
Newspapers: it's a story still unfolding! Join Historian and author John Cilio as he brings to life nearly 300 years of newspaper publishing.
Although CT wasn’t the first colony to publish a newspaper, that is reserved for Boston’s 1690, Publick Occurrences, six CT newspapers were in print before the American Revolution. Over the early decades editors solved enormous challenges; taxes, censorship, paper availability and the limits of early printing production. As time marched on newspapers wrestled with radio, TV and the internet. Each challenger left their mark but the most creditable news still comes from the newspaper.
John has been bringing stories from history back to life for 15 years and at over 450 events. He is a skilled historian having published seven books ranging from women working in WWII and their impact on today's business world to the history of Cessna aircraft. Nickolai Sikorsky wrote the foreword to his book, Helicopter Evolution that the Smithsonian has recently listed as a formal reference document. He is a member of the Danbury, Connecticut WWII Lost Squadron Veterans organization and has earned an American Marketing Association Silver Effie award and an award presented by Barbara Bush for a video he produced supporting public schools and partnerships in education. He has spoken to large and small audiences in over 60 countries around the world. He lives in Sherman, Connecticut. His goal is to make historic events relevant and entertaining to the modern listener. John retired from a career in IBM international marketing.
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Date:
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Time:
6:30 PM
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