People
The journalist during the era of “yellow journalism” who had herself committed to an insane asylum to get a first-hand look at the treatment of the mentally ill.
Nellie Bly
Was impact did the telegraph have on news/reporting? Name 2 of the 4 major impacts
Long distance reporting possible that connected news agencies
Gave birth to inverted form
National and international news was now possible sources for stories in local papers
Faster access to news
Muckraker who challenged Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
What was the first major television news event, which caused most Americans to tune into their televisions for hours?
JFK Assassination
The first newspaper cartoon ran in the Pennsylvania Gazette. It was published by whom?
Ben Franklin's "Join or Die"
Name the other journalist involved in yellow journalism that entered into a selling war with Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
What invention took away the role of breaking news from newspapers
Radio
The “age of yellow journalism” takes its name from what?
The Yellow Kid Cartoon
What innovation allowed newspapers to become truly mass media in the early 1800's
The Penny Press
Reform-minded journalists who exposed injustice, fraud and political corruption in government and big business are called what?
Muckraker
Mathew Brady was best known for what?
Civil War photographer
What challenged the dominance of newspapers and changed the way that people consume news during the late 1940s -1960s?
Television
Who published "The Jungle" and brought about the creation of the FDA
Upton Sinclair
Name three inventions that challenged the dominance of newspapers in the 20 th century
Radio, television, computers
What is the penny press?
early American newspapers that sold for a penny a copy.
This newspaper publisher was known for his passionate crusades against corruption in government and business. He established yearly prizes for reporting, writing and public service beginning in 1917. Today prizes are awarded in 21 categories. Name this man.
Pulitizer
This man was the inventor of the printing press:
Johann Guttenberg
The first successful American newspaper, the first to continuously publish without being closed down, was called...
The Boston News-letter
Innovations made by the editor of the New York Sun ushered in the modern era of newspapers. Name two of these innovations.
advertising to fund paper and the penny press
also would accept hawk boys/news boys, news for the common man
Define sensationalism
use of exciting, exaggerated, or shocking stories and headlines to sell papers
In 1734, this editor of the New York Weekly Journal was arrested for libel after he printed accusations of governmental corruption. His attorney successfully defended him on the grounds that libel occurs when printed words are “false, malicious and seditious.” Who was this editor?
John Peter Zenger
Name two of the impacts of the digital age on newspapers
Less circulation
Citizen journalism and fake news
News on demand
Focus of audience/knowing the readers
Need for credible reporting
Entity or practice that was the cause of the American press/newspapers shaky start
British Censorship
Newspapers were puppets and they did not print reliable news that people wanted to know
Name three advances that helped forge a new style of journalism in the 19 th century.
inexpensive printing presses and paper that allowed news to become mass media
penny press that aimed at the interests of the common citizen (sports, human interest, crime)
Rise of the modern newsroom- hired and trained reporters to cover news in a professional way
Who coined the term muckrakers
Teddy Roosevelt