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John Swinton (1829–1901) was a Scottish-American journalist, newspaper publisher, and orator. Although he arguably gained his greatest influence as the chief editorial writer of The New York Times during the decade of the 1860s, Swinton is best remembered as the namesake of John Swinton's Paper , one of the most prominent American ...
We are intellectual prostitutes.”. Attributed to John Swinton on April 12, 1883, at the Twilight Club, New York City. John Swinton reportedly said this in 1883, as a response to the hubristic toast “to the Independent Press” at a dinner for journalists.
Jun 11, 2024 · The subject of Swinton's talk was "Some Things an Editor Dare Not Discuss." Swinton at the time was chief of the editorial staff of Charles A. Dana's New York Sun, a post which he left a very few months later to found his own ill-fated labor sheet, John Swinton's Paper.
The remarks were apparently made by Swinton, then the preeminent New York journalist, probably one night in 1880. Swinton was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to the independent press.
John Swinton was a Scottish-American journalist, newspaper publisher, and orator. He is noted for his service as chief editorial writer of The New York Times during the 1860s and for establishing of John Swinton's Paper, which became one of the most prominent American labor newspapers of the 1880s.
Career and conversation of John Swinton, journalist, orator, economist by Waters, Robert, 1835-1910
A respected journalist, reformer, and labor activist, John Swinton knew Whitman and admired the man and his work from their first meeting, probably between 1855 and 1857.
