Journalism Basics
Famous Journalists
Technology Changes Things
Vocabulary
They were the first
100
This technology created the rise of blogging and citizen journalism.
What is the Internet?
100
Journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrong doing
What is muckraking?
100
New York Sun
What is the publication from the penny press?
200
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What is the symbol for "make this letter smaller"?
200
John Peter Zenger
Who was the first person sued for libel?
200
This type of newspapers were available for cheap, which meant more people could afford to read a daily newspaper.
What was the Penny Press?
200
Web log that can provide text, images and links while providing personal commentary or news
What is a blog?
200
Mathew Brady, known as the father of photojournalism.
Who took the first pictures from the Civil War?
300
The length of paragraphs in journalistic writing.
What is short?
300
This muckraker led the way for women reporters. She went undercover in a mental state facility to expose the injustices occurring in the state facilities.
Who was Nelly Bly?
300
This man invented the printing press.
Who was Johann Guttenberg?
300
All the words that will be set in print.
What is copy?
300
CNN
What is the first cable news channel?
400
THe 5 W's and H
What is who, what, when, where, why and how?
400
Edward Murrow
Who was the radio journalists famous during World War 2?
400
Edward Murrow used this technology to report from London during the bombings in World War 2.
What is radio?
400
Written defamation, damaging false statements against another person or institution that appear in writing or that spoken from a broadcast script
What is libel?
500
The writing style used by journalists. All the important information (5 W's and H) is at the top of the story with the less important information towards the bottom.
What is the inverted pyramid?
500
One of the circulation giants, he has an award named after him for excellence in journalism and photojournalism
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
500
This technology enabled Americans back home to see coverage from the battle front in Vietnam for the first time?
What is television news coverage?
500
The concept of members of the public playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting and analyzing of news information.
What is citizen journalism?
500
Publick Occurrences
What was the first newspaper?
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