New Media Timeline (1969-2010)

Our timeline looks at the history of new media and online journalism
from 1969 to 2010.

We are presenting it in two parts, with parallel sections on
“Technology/Services/Social” and “The Media.”

The timeline was compiled by David Shedden, Library Director of the
Poynter Institute’s Eugene Patterson Library.

We hope the timeline serves as a useful reference tool for journalists,
students, and researchers.

We also hope it helps preserve the history of new media and online
journalism, a history that isn’t very new after all.

1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
2010