British journalist
James Perry became a reporter for The General Advertiser and the London Evening Post, where he raised sales in 1779 by his court reporting from the Portsmouth trial of Admiral Keppel and Admiral Palliser. James established The European Magazine in 1782, leaving it a year later to edit The Gazeteer as "the Paper of the People". In 1790 Perry managed to become owner and editor of the Morning Chronicle.
British journalist
British journalist