News Media
In journalism lingo, the day’s most important story gets placed right at the top of the first page of the newspaper—a.k.a., "above this."
What is the fold?
The ASPCA was founded in this year.
What is 1866?
This was the highest-grossing movie of 2023.
What is Barbie?
The Internet first become available to the public in this year.
What is 1991?
Kit Kittredge is a Great Depression-era kid who dreams of being a journalist with the fictional Cincinnati Register newspaper, from this series of historical dolls for children.
What is American Girl?
At the age of 19, Thomas Edison worked as a telegrapher for this non-profit news organization best known among writers and journalists for its annual updates to its “Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law”.
What is the Associated Press?
In 1918, ASPCA veterinarians developed the use of anesthesia and as a result were able to repair a broken kneecap on this species of animal.
What is a horse?
This was the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year.
What is rizz?
With 60 million likes, this was the most liked post on Instagram until December 20, 2022 when Lionel Messi surpassed it?
What is an egg? (@world_record_egg)
In the movie Never Been Kissed, Drew Barrymore’s character, Josie Geller, writes for this newspaper.
What is the Chicago Sun-Times?
This newspaper was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton.
What is the New York Post?
In 1996, the ASPCA acquired the Animal Poison Control Center from this university.
What is the University of Illinois?
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour contributed roughly this much money overall to the US economy.
What is $5 billion dollars?
Created in 1997, this is often referred to as the first social media platform.
What is Six Degrees?
Before joining CNN in 2001, this journalist was the host of the first two seasons of the ABC reality competition The Mole.
Who is Anderson Cooper?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not regulate this type of media.
What is cable?
The ASPCA performed the first open-heart surgery on a dog in this year.
What is 1961?
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer with the 38,388th point of his career in February, breaking this person's record.
Who is six-time NBA MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
This country has the most Facebook users.
What is India? (with 270 million users)
In the Superman comic series, Lois Lane is an award-wining journalist for this Metropolis newspaper.
What is the Daily Planet?
BBC journalist Ben Hammersley coined the term “podcasting” in 2014 when he was writing an article about online radio. “Podcasting” is a combination of “iPod” and this word.
What is broadcasting?
This former president of the ASPCA from 1991-1998 was also host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and is known for saying, "Animals are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
Who is Roger Caras?
This iconic company celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2023.
What is Disney?
Twitter’s iconic blue bird logo was named after this American sporting legend.
Who is Larry Bird?
(According to a tweet by co-founder Biz Stone, it was called Larry the Bird as a tribute to NBA player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics, Stone's home-state team)
Best know for his 35 years of dedicated service to CBS News, from '60 Minutes' to '48 Hours', Dan Rather's bizarre mugging was the inspiration for the title of this REM song?
What is 'What's the Frequency, Kenneth'?