Joseph Gales
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
NPG.82.75.H
Tags
BookIllustrationReporterNewspaper editorJoseph Gales, Jr.: MaleWashington, DCPortrait
About this artwork
Local reporters in Washington, D.C., have long counted Congress among their news beats. Joseph Gales Jr. helped set the standards for such reporting, first as a journalist for the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (founded in 1800), the âfirst Paper printed in Washington,â and later as its publisher. The newspaper and its offshoots, the Daily National Intelligencer and the Weekly National Intelligencer, were the go-to sources for government proceedings and congressional debate...