People
Editor of the Pennsylvania Gazette (1729) who produced much of its material. He was also brother to the founder of The Courant
Ben Franklin
This newspaper was the first successful penny paper and the first to use advertising for funding
The New York Sun
What was the most significant impact of radio on news?
Stories broke in minutes, not hours or day- news was speeding up during the 1920s
When this famous muckraker and his book "The Jungle" was published, it brought about this federal reform (name muckraker and reform)
Upton Sinclair; creation of the FDA
A term for a journalist who fought to bring about social, political, and economic reform though their writing
Muckraker
Bonus: Who coined this term?
One of the women to pioneered investigative reporting in the late 1800s and was once called the “best reporter in America.” She traveled the world in under 80 days and committed herself to an asylum
Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane):
What was America’s first newspaper?
(1690) Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick
Bonus: How long did it run?
Name 2 of the 3 major ways television impacted news
Television changed the way that America preferred to take in their news, putting more pressure on the media to condense their news and present only the best to their viewers
Beginning of News Personalities on the national scale
Took the place for breaking news away from papers
This entity and its influence was the cause of the shaky start to the American press
British Censorship
In the 1830s, a new kind of newspaper aimed at the interests of the common people and costing one cent.
Penny Press
Founder of movable type and printing press
Johann Gutenberg
William Randolph Hearst's newspaper that excelled in Yellow Journalism
New York Journal
What are some of the ways the computer/Internet/digital age has changed the news industry?
News is now available when the public wants it and is being produced around the clock; advent of citizen journalism; fake news; larger focus on audience; demand for credbility and excellence in reporting; decline in advertising dollars and newspaper circulation
This event occurred when this man was sued for libel and won, setting the standard for the press to be able criticize the government and defining libel as only "false and malicious" reporting
John Peter Zenger/Zenger Trial
This type of journalism was named after a comic and is characterized by the publishing of sensationalized headlines to sell copies
Yellow Journalism
Civil War photographer who brought about the field of photojournalism by showing the impact the camera could have on news reporting
Matthew Brady
First successful American newspaper
(1704) Boston News-Letter
Name 3 ways the telegraph impacted the field of journalism
(1844) Transmitted news, making long-distance reporting possible and fast ; National and international news could be covered; Inverted pyramid form was established and put into widespread use
Event whose coverage brought TV news to maturity. Of the homes with TV, 96 percent watched an average of 32 hours of coverage (1963).
Kennedy assassination
Form of journalism in which the journalist takes risks or performs incredible feats to get publicity (and a great story)
Stunt journalism
Bonus: Name a stunt journalist
Publisher of the New York World; competed against Hearst and, through the circulation battle, helped incite the age of yellow journalism. Later, funded the first
school of journalism at Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
James Gordon Bennett's newspaper founded in 1835 with little money and no staff. Established a new style of journalism and became the largest in the world due to its enterprising reporting, sensational stories, and innovated ideas, such as reviews, letters to the editors, sport stories, and more.
New York Herald
What technical advances and brilliant ideas forged a new style of journalism in the 19th century?
Innovations in printing allowed for cheaper, more available news
Emergence of penny press aimed at interests of common people
Rise of the modern newsroom (trained reporters and inverted pyramid)
Who published the first newspaper cartoon that depicts a divided snake that needs to unite to defend itself? (The cartoon was later used more dramatically during the Revolutionary War)
Ben Franklin's "Join or Die"
The use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement.
Sensationalism