Journalism History
Acta Diurna, the earliest known "newspaper," was published in this city.
What is Rome?
This president eventually resigned due to the happenings of Watergate.
Who is Richard Nixon?
The actors who played Woodward and Bernstein.
Who are Redford and Hoffman?
This two word term is used to refer to news about public policy, politics, wars, weather, and major natural disasters.
What is hard news?
These are the five parts of the narrative arc.
What are the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution?
Eye-catching headlines, fake interviews, pseudo-science, scandal mongering, and dramatic emotional language to sway public opinion are examples of this kind of journalism.
What is yellow journalism?
Watergate occurred during this year.
What is 1972?
Woodward and Bernstein worked at this newspaper.
What is The Washington Post?
This word describes the opening sentence of a story and usually contains some number of the 5 Ws (and 1 H).
What is a lead?
Children's picture books often make use of the literary device found in the following sentence: Billy blasted the beleaguered ball all the way to Bangkok.
What is alliteration?
This term, coined in the 1890s, was given to early investigative journalists devoted to illuminating social injustices and corruption.
What is muckraking (or muckrakers)?
PBS covered the Watergate trials; their coverage was hosted by these two men.
Who are Lehrer and MacNeil?
This is how Woodward was instructed to contact "Deep Throat."
What is plant a red flag in a potted plant on his deck?
An explanatory title over a newspaper article summarizing the main point for the reader is called this.
What is a headline?
BOOM, BUZZ, SIZZLE and BEEP are examples of this popular literary trope found in many a children's picture book.
What is onomatopoeia?
This amendment supports the freedom of the press.
What is the first amendment?
This is "Deep Throat's" real name.
What is Mark Felt?
This MN Native had a $25,000 cashier's check found in one of the Watergate Burglars and told Woodward "I've just been through a terrible ordeal - my neighbor's wife has been kidnapped!"
Who is Ken Dahlberg?
A line of text located below a photograph in the newspaper to explain what is depicted in the picture above is known as this.
What is a caption?
These two picture-text relationships are the two we see most often in children's books.
What are re-stating and explanatory?
The three main wire services are Reuters, the Associated Press, and this one from France.
What is Agence France-Presse?
She was the first female White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI) wire service.
Who is Helen Thomas?
"I have a wife, a family, a dog, and a cat" was a line repeated by this individual, who was also the White House communication's director.
Who is Ken Clawson?
The part of a news story that contains the "extra," contextual information.
What is the tail?
This award is given annually to the best children's picture book.
What is the Caldecott?