Introduction to The Times: blog tasks

 Read the About Us page of the Times website and answer the following questions:

1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name?

It was founded in 1785 as the Daily Universal Register before shifting to The Times three years later, in 1788

2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition?

A balance between hard news (politics, foreign affairs etc) and soft news (entertainment, advertisements etc)

3) What does the page say about the political views in The Times? 

The Times has political neutrality and is unbiased, therefore The Times can support either political party

4) Who owns The Times today and how is editorial integrity protected?

The Times was bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1981 and is now under the conglomerate News UK

5) What did The Times introduce in 2010 and why?

Digital subscriptions for online copies of their newspapers in order to ensure the company doesn't go out of business

6) What was The Times named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University?

Britain's most trusted national newspaper

7) What does the section on Editorial Standards say about The Times and newspaper regulation?

The Times has independent 

8) What does the section on Ownership say about The Times and who is the current editor? 

Editor of The Times is Tony Gallagher