It�s often said that journalism is the first draft of history. If that's the case, the Times of London has just opened a treasure trove of first drafts by digitizing 200 years of its pages from 1785 through 1985 in its online archive.

During a free limited-access period (registration is required) both historians and history buffs can get a sense of how journalists reported about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the pages of one of Great Britain's leading newspapers.

The Mormon Media Observer gives only a taste of more than 1,100 entries found using the search term "Mormon." It its pages you find coverage of the church move from the scurrilous and sensational to the more sincere and balanced.

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