Famous Journalists
These two Washington Post journalists broke the "Watergate" scandal.
Who are Woodward and Bernstein?
True or false: The Oxford comma is allowed per AP Style.
What is false?
There are this number of principles in the SPJ Code of Ethics.
This scandal culminated in Richard Nixon's resignation from the office of the president.
What is Watergate?
Fourth Estate was founded under this name.
Who is Walter Cronkite?
Per AP Style, these numbers are spelled out.
What is 1-9?
According to the SPJ Code of Ethics, the highest and primary obligation of ethical journalism is to do this.
Serve the public.
These papers, published on the front page of the New York Times, revealed that the United States was taking military action in Vietnam without telling anybody.
What is the Pentagon Papers?
These two outlets combined to make "Fourth Estate" in 2013.
What is Broadside and Connect2Mason?
She served as a broadcast journalist for 63 years, interviewing every president from Nixon to Obama.
Who is Barbara Walters?
These letters are capitalized in "FRENCH FRIES"
What is none of them?
The SPJ Code of Ethics says you should do this when offered gifts that may compromise integrity and damage credibility.
What is reject them?
With his 1906 novel "The Jungle," this journalist revealed the nasty conditions of the meatpacking industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Before April 2026, the last Fourth Estate print edition was published in this month?
What is February 2020?
This "New Republic" journalist was discovered to have fabricated most of his stories. He was played by Hayden Christensen in a 2003 movie.
Who is Stephen Glass?
Political parties are capitalized like this in accordance with AP Style.
What is "Democratic Party", "Republican Party"
The first SPJ Code of Ethics was published in this year.
What is 1926?
Systemic abuse and cover-ups in the Catholic Church was discovered by this newspaper, as featured in the Oscar-winning movie "Spotlight."
What is The Boston Globe?
This Fourth Estate advertising campaign burned fast and bright in bathrooms around campus.
What is the "Stall Wall"?
This GMU alumni and sports reporter is in the news for all of the wrong reasons right now.
Who is Diana Russini?
Which of these is right: 5 p.m. or 5:00 p.m.?
What is 5 p.m.?
The SPJ Code of Ethics was last revised in this year.
What is 2014?
This outlet was sued by Kash Patel for defamation after they published an article about his "excessive drinking"
What is The Atlantic?
What does "Fourth Estate" mean?
"The news media and journalists, acting as a crucial, independent watchdog that influences political processes and holds power accountable, alongside the traditional branches of government"