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100
Made people panic thinking aliens were invading earth.
What is “War of the Worlds?”
100
First broadcast at the 1940 World Fair, it took away the entertainment role of radio.
What is television
100
She was an investigative reporter who wrote “the History of the Standard Oil company,” one of the first attacks on big business.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
100
photographer who brought images of the civil war to the people
Who is Matthew Brady?
100
Early newspapers that included news and ads and sold for a penny.
What is the penny press?
200
This televised debate might have changed the outcome of a presidential election.
What is The Nixon Kennedy debate?
200
The first newscast on this medium broadcast incorrect presidential election results.
What is radio?
200
She pretended to be mentally ill and was committed to an asylum to write about the poor conditions.
Who is Nellie Bly?
200
His trial established truth as a defense for libel.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
200
A newspaper that prints false, malicious and seditious information is guilty of this offense.
What is libel?
300
The first satellite launched into space by the russians in 1969?
What is Sputnik?
300
Twitter, Facebook and other websites have changed the way newspapers cover stories.
What is social media?
300
The first woman to cover congress.
Who is Jane Grey Swisshelm?
300
They discovered the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon resigning.
Who are Woodward and Bernstein?
300
A term used to describe journalists who crusaded for social change, exposing public wrongdoing.
What are muckrakers?
400
Millions watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Armstong do this on TV in 1969?
What is walk on the moon?
400
It allowed reporters to publish timely stories on the war. It also was the catalyst for inverted pyramid style writing.
What is the telegraph?
400
The Editor of the Boston Transcript.
Who is Cornelia Walter?
400
He established eight prizes in his name as the highest honor in journalism.
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
400
In Colonial America, newspapers were charged with this offense, even if their criticism of government was true.
What is sedition?
500
In 1438 this book was printed using the first moveable type printing press.
What is the Gutenberg Bible?
500
Begin replacing typewriters in newsrooms in the 1970's
What are computers?
500
Famous female news anchor who has interviewed some of the most famous people in the world.
Who is Barbara Walters?
500
Published Publik Occurences, which only printed one issue before it was shut down by the king.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
The term for the type of journalism that exaggerates the truth and creates sensational headlines in order to sell more papers.
What is yellow journalism?
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