The Birth of Journalism (1400–1799)
Journalism in the 1800s (1800–1899)
Journalism in the 1900s (1900–1999)
Journalism in the 2000s (2000–Current)
Random Journalism History
100

The first amendment that was adopted in 1791 that protected the freedom that became fundamental to american journalism.

Freedom of the press

100

Invention in 1826 that would later become a key part of displaying images in journalism.

Photography

100

What invention allowed people to receive news through audio

Radio

100

Technology that allowed news organizations to publish stories online, allowing people to view the news without having to wait for a printed paper or radio broadcast.

The Internet

100

This person is famous not only as a founding father but also as a printer and newspaper publisher

Benjamin Franklin

200

What was the first regularly published American newspaper?

Boston News-letter

200

What invention allowed messages to travel rapidly over long distances and increased the speed at which news could spread.

The Telegraph

200

What invention brought moving pictures and news broadcasts into peoples homes or local spaces

The Television

200

What online publications bedcame a major form of "DIY journalism" allowing individuals to publish their own writing and commentary.

Blogs

200

Benjamin Franklin used this fictinal name when he secretly submitted essays to his brothers newspaper

Silence Dogood

300

What newspaper, published by Benjamin Harris in 1690 was shut down after a single issue.

Publik Occurences Both Forreign and Domestic 

300

Inexpensive style of newspaper that became popular in the 1830s

The penny press

300

What type of journalism used misleading and eye-catching headlines along with false information in order to draw larger audiences to read.

Yellow Journalism

300

What type of journalism allows ordinary people to report events themselves, often via photographs, videos, social media posts or first hand accounts

Citizen Journalism

300

This journalist won the first Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1917 for his articles about Germany durring WW1

Herbert Bayard Swope

400
What newspaper founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1721 became an early example of colonial American journalism.

New-England Courant

400

1886 typesetting machine that made composing newspaper pages faster and more efficient

Linotype Machine

400

1971 newspapers that published portions of a clasified study about the US involvment in the vietnam war

The pentagon papers

400

What type of journalism differes from traditional journalism in the sense that stories can be updated almost instantly as events occur

Digital Journalism

400

The Federalist Papers, written in support of rattifying the US Constitution, were originally published as letters in newspapers during what two years?

1787 and 1788

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