On 21st January 1846 the newspaper ‘The Daily News, founded by Charles Dickens, was first published.

Charles Dickens was also the first editor of the radical newspaper which was seen as a response to the right wing ‘Morning Chronicle’.

At first it was not a commercial success but writing for it were some of the leading writers of the 19th Century: Charles Mackay, Harriet Martineau, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina

The first edition of The Daily News, published on 21st January 1846. Dickens wrote: “The principles advocated in the Daily News will be principles of progress and improvement; of education, civil and religious liberty, and equal legislation.” Dickens employed his great friend and fellow social reformer, Douglas Jerrold, as the newspaper’s sub-editor. Dickens put his father, John Dickens, in charge of the reporters. He also paid his father-in-law, George Hogarth, five guineas a week to write on music. Spartacus Educational