Portal:Journalism/Did you know/18

• ... that the Alexandria Daily Town (pictured), the principal newspaper of Central Louisiana, was established by Irish immigrants on St. Patrick's Day in 1883?
• ... that Paris-based Naye Prese was the sole Yiddish-language communist daily newspaper in Europe during the interbellum period?
• ... that Martynas Jankus, Lithuanian journalist and "Patriarch of Lithuania Minor", was penalized around forty times by Prussian authorities for his public activities?

Source

1. 20 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
2. 27 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
3. 26 July 2008, Main Page appearance.