Journalism History
When was radio invented?
What is in the early 1900's?
What is the primary issue facing broadcast journalists in the age of instant news?
Reporters cannot be easily accurate instantly.
This is the first of the 5 Ws and tells us about the people in the story
What is Who?
This is the number of sections in the average newspaper
What is 6?
Our call and response for this class.
What is Scooby Scooby Doo, Where are you?
The invention changed broadcast journalism beginning in the early 1990's
What is the internet?
Is it easier to spread misinformation via the internet and social media or by print only sources?
What is the internet and social media?
This W tells us about the time period of the report.
What is when?
This section will have information about money, investing, and the stock market
What is the business section?
We will be planning and producing this in the class this term....it is a type of broadcast journalism
What is a podcast?
With these types of platforms, target audiences began to expect instant and accurate news
What are social media platforms?
These are sometimes used as ways to spread bad information when people consider themselves to be "experts" or "good journalists"
This tells us the reason the story is being reported.
What is Why?
This is the largest text on the page and at the top of the story.
What is a headline?
This is where we will be going on a field trip this term....
Where is WJHL?
What two inventions online allowed anyone to become a reporter (sort of)
What are blogging and podcasts?
News articles are often sensationalized to get people to do this on online articles.
What is click?
This tells us the location of the story in the report
What is where?
This is the part of the story in the newspaper where we can see who wrote the story.
What is the byline?
This is the section in a newspaper where the following headine would be found:
To keep up with the increasing cost of production, the city is raising water and sewer rates.
What is the local section?
1937 was the year that this journalist changed the use of radio from only offering entertainment to then broadcast news when he reported on the beginnings of World War II.
Who was Edward Murrow?
What are fair, objective, and accurate?
While this does not begin with a W and therefore is not technically included, it is vital to have this to give historical context to the story in the report.
What is how?
This is a statement that tells the audience what is happening in the picture
What is the photo caption?
This yellow porous guy lives in a pineapple under the sea...
Who is Spongebob Squarepants?