First Newspapers
What was the name of the first newspaper published in the colonies in 1690?
Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick
Why were penny press papers so popular in the 1800s?
They cost only one cent and were easy to access
Who is credited with experimenting with the wireless telegraph in 1894?
Guglielmo Marconi
What major medium changed the way journalists research after 2000?
The Internet
What do we call someone who gathers and reports facts for the media?
A journalist
Early colonial newspapers often got shut down for offending whom?
Government officials / people in power
Which newspaper is considered the first penny press paper, started by Benjamin Day in 1833?
The New York Sun
What was the “Golden Age of Radio” known for?
Entertainment & news — music, drama, comedy, variety shows
What is a “web log” more commonly called?
A blog
What does it mean when a journalist stays “objective”?
Reporting both sides fairly, without bias
What writing style developed during the Civil War because of the telegraph?
The Inverted Pyramid
What journalist is considered the founder of modern-day journalism?
James Gordon Bennett (publisher of New York Herald)
Which newsman brought World War II to Americans through his radio broadcasts?
Edward R. Murrow
What do we call journalists producing stories with text, video, and audio?
Multimedia journalists
Who are the people that decide which stories make it to the public?
Gatekeepers (editors, producers, publishers)
What five freedoms are protected under the First Amendment?
Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
What does the term “yellow journalism” mean?
Sensationalized news with exaggerated or false stories
What decade did television replace radio as the dominant medium?
The 1950s
What is the term for the merging of print, broadcast, and digital platforms?
Convergence
Give one reason someone might choose to be a journalist.
Natural curiosity, love of storytelling, desire to inform others
Which 1841 paper by Horace Greeley became the first with national circulation?
The New York Tribune
Which two famous publishers were rivals in the era of yellow journalism?
William Randolph Hearst (San Francisco Examiner/New York Journal) and Joseph Pulitzer (New York World)
What long-running political news show, started in 1947, is still on TV today?
Meet the Press
Give one advantage and one drawback of getting news from the Internet.
Advantage: instant access, multiple sources.
Drawback: misinformation, unreliable sources
What is a “source” in journalism?
A person who supplies information to reporters