Cincinnati Enquirer Goes Retro for 175th Anniversary

With four pages, the Ohio paper launched on this date in 1841.

Remember when newspaper front pages were filled with long columns of fine print and generally more modest headline font sizes? That bygone style has been adopted today by the Cincinnati Enquirer in honor of the paper’s 175th anniversary.

This afternoon, Enquirer Media president Rick Green will throw out the first pitch at the Reds’ MLB home game against the Pirates. In a note to readers, written together with editor Peter Bhatia, he sounds an optimistic note:

Journalism, in many ways, has never been healthier.

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