The Birth of Journalism (1400-1799)
This machine was the first form of producing journalism, and it was invented by Johannes Gutenberg
What was the movable-type printing press?
Writing style born out of wartime anxiety due to reporters fearing the telegraph would be cut off mid-transmission, this style ensured the most vital information was able to get through
What is the inverted pyramid writing style?
Children street vendors of newspapers
What were newsies?
The year that Google News was introduced
What is 2002?
Publisher of the North Star, who was dedicated to slavery abolition and African American news awareness
Who was Frederick Douglass?
Small, informational pamphlets focusing on foreign wars and trade, these began circulating in the 1620s
What were corantos?
The 19th century version of clickbait
Founder university of first journalism school
What is University of Missouri?
Civilian reporters attached to military units to cover the Iraq-US war from the front lines
What were embedded journalists?
Horse racing
What was the first daily sports report topic?
Handwritten news sheets in Italy
The world's first wire service cooperative made due to NYC newspapers realizing it was too expensive to keep sending separate boats to intercept incoming European news
What is the Associated Press?
President that popularized the term 'muckraker' as an insult for journalists who took up too much time digging up filth instead of good news
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Prestigious newspaper rocked by plagiarism and fabrication scandal in 2003 involving a young reporter who faked dozens of stories
What was the New York Times?
Supreme Court case establishing the "actual malice" standard, requiring public officials to prove a newspaper knowingly published false information to win a libel lawsuit
Trial that established press freedom
Series of six completely fabricated articles claiming that John Herschel discovered life on the moon, done to prove how easily the public could be manipulated
What was the Great Moon Hoax of 1835?
Person who cut his paper sizes in half so laborers could read them easily on crowded streetcars for only just one penny
Who was E.W. Scripps?
Liberal news journal and opinion instigator that became one of the defining digital-native successes of the decade
What the Huffington Post?
Woman journalist who was a co-owner of the newspaper 'The Free Speech and Headlight', also known for her anti-lynching crusades
Who was Ida B. Wells?