Editing Newspaper of record (section)

===Etymology===
The term is believed to have originated among librarians who began referring to ''[[The New York Times]]'' as the "newspaper of record" when it became the first U.S. newspaper in 1913 to publish an index of the subjects it covered.<ref name="FrostWeingarten20172"/><ref name="Martin 1998 7">{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Shannon E. |url=https://archive.org/details/newspapersofreco0000mart |title=Newspapers of Record in a Digital Age: From Hot Type to Hot Link |last2=Hansen |first2=Kathleen A. |publisher=Praeger Publishers |year=1998 |isbn=0-275-95960-0 |location=Westport, CT |page=[https://archive.org/details/newspapersofreco0000mart/page/7 7] |url-access=registration}}</ref> In recognition of that usage, ''The New York Times'' held an essay contest in 1927 in which entrants had to demonstrate "The Value of ''The New York Times'' Index and Files as a Newspaper of Record". ''The New York Times'', and other newspapers of its type sought to chronicle events, acting as a record of the day's announcements, schedules, directories, proceedings, transcripts, and appointments. By 2004, ''The New York Times'' no longer considered itself a newspaper of record in the original, literal sense.<ref name=Okrent>{{cite news |last=Okrent|first=Daniel |date=25 April 2004 |title=Paper of Record? No Way, No Reason, No Thanks |department=The Public Editor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/weekinreview/the-public-editor-paper-of-record-no-way-no-reason-no-thanks.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>

Over time, historians relied on ''The New York Times'' and similar titles as a reliable archival and historical record of significant past events, and a gauge of societal opinions at the time of printing. The term "newspaper of record" evolved from its original literal sense to that newer meaning.<ref name="Martin 1998 7"/>

The derived term "financial (or business) newspaper of record" is attributed to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite web | website=[[Georgetown University Library]] | title=Newspapers | access-date=7 May 2022 | url=https://guides.library.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=76038&p=488969 | quote=The Wall Street Journal is the financial newspaper of record | archive-date=28 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128163003/https://guides.library.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=76038&p=488969 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Roush |first=Chris |url=https://archive.org/details/profitslossesbus0000rous |title=Profits and Losses: Business Journalism and Its Role in Society |date=2006 |publisher=Marion Street Press |isbn=978-1933338057 |author-link=Chris Roush |url-access=registration}}</ref> the ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref name="Brooks">{{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iA6ngEACAAJ |title=The Great Tax Robbery: How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business |date=2014 |publisher=[[Oneworld Publications]] |isbn=978-1780743714 |author-link=Richard Brooks (journalist)}}</ref> and to the ''[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun|Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)]]''.<ref name=NKS/>  While newspapers of record by reputation are typically major widely-read national (and international) publications, subject-specific newspapers of record also exist (see [[#Examples of existing newspapers (subject-specific)|examples of subject-specific newspapers of record]]).