Bennett, James Gordon

US (Scottish-born) journalist and newspaper editor

1795 - Born on the 1st September in New Mill, Scotland.

Bennett immigrated to Nova Scotia, where he taught bookkeeping, then to Portland, Maine.

1820 - He was in Boston and worked as a proofreader and bookseller.

         - Charleston Courier hired him to translate Spanish news reports.

1823 - Moved to New York City where he worked as a freelance paper writer and editorial assistant.

1835-1867 - Editor of The New York Herald.

1836 - It shocked readers with front-page coverage of the murder of prostitute Helen Jewett; Bennett conducted the first-ever newspaper interview for it.

1866 - Bennett turned control of the Herald over to his son, it had the highest circulation in America.

1872 - James Gordon Bennett died on 1st of June.