Stories of businesspeople bold,colourful,generous and ruthless have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald for 190 years. They’re moguls who would shape the city’s history and,indeed,the history of the Herald itself.
Even before I was born,the Herald was part of my family.
Modern Sydney,as reflected through 190 years of publishing the Herald,has been shaped by many. Here are 10 people who have had an enormous influence on our city.
In the early 90s,I read the birth notices obsessively,looking for patterns,looking for people.
190 years after it was first published,we revisit the principles that have made the Sydney Morning Herald Australia’s longest-running newspaper.
Professor James Kennedy used to read the Herald on the train to Newcastle. He now uses it to keep up with a Sydney that can seem “unrecognisable” from the one he left a decade ago.
Holding the powerful to account often comes at a cost.
‘Legacy media’ isn’t the paper the Herald is printed on,nor the device on which you might read it,but a commitment to principles which have guided it for 190 years.
At a time when being a centrist can seem unfashionable,this masthead firmly believes its readers are capable of making up their own minds.
Gavin Souter has read the Herald since he was a child,worked for it,and written books about it. At 91,he still reads it.
On this,the Herald’s 190th birthday,we reaffirm the newspaper’s founding pledge wholeheartedly. After all,this pact with our readers has stood the test of time.