Early Journalist
The First Amendment
Expectations of Journalist
Political Cartoons
News and Me
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What is the definition of an early journalist?
An early journalist is a person who has to deliver a message they were told, often by voice.
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What are three things protected under The First Amendment?
Three things protected under The First Amendment are freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, others could be freedom of religion and freedom of petition.
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What is a political watchdog?
A political watchdog is a person who monitors the activities of the government.
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In the newspaper where can journalist express their opinions?
Journalist can express their opinions in the opinion section of the newspaper.
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What is the definition of journalism?
Journalism is the writing news and the process of making news.
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What were some difficulties early journalist often ran into?
Early journalist often had conditions that were hard to work in and messages were mixed or messed up.
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Some actions are not protected under The First Amendment. What are some of these actions?
Actions such as false material, fighting words, copyright, and words that will lead to harm of others is not protected under The First Amendment.
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Accurate record keepers record what happened when and who said what. How is this job important?
This job is important because with the persons records we can know when things happened and if we like a political figure by what they said.
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What are important social issues that are addressed in political cartoons?
Some important social issues that are addressed in political cartoons are texting and driving, child hunger, bulling, lunch opinions, and internet access.
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How does journalism affect you in your everyday life.
Journalism affects me because I learn about what is going on around the world and I can use journalism to communicate to my peers or who live farther away from me.
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How are people still like early journalist today?
People are still like early journalist when were talk to other people about the news or even when children play the game Telephone.
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How are The First Amendment and actions protected/not protected under it like the schools rules?
The rights under The First Amendment are like school rules because we have a right to say certain things and have our own religion but there are some things we can't do or say, like actions or words that will lead to violence.
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Where in our school is there and example of ads, or Economic support?
There is Economic support in our school when we put up posters or flyers advertising an upcoming event to tee-shirts that we can buy.
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How do political cartoons affect our life as students?
As students political cartoons affect our life because we can form ideas from the cartoons and not just what our peers and parents say.(Some answers may differ)
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Journalism is a big part of our everyday life, where do you see aspects of your everyday life.
In my everyday life I see journalism in school, posters in the hall or stories I read at school. At home I see journalism when I watch the news or go online. There is journalism in public with ads and letters. (More answers than provided)
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How do early journalist differ from modern journalist?
Early journalist differ from modern journalist because today journalist have technology that allows news to be delivered faster, but early journalist only had their voice and often news was several days old.
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The First Amendment allows us to say what we want but not in a way that is violent or will lead to violence. In other countries this is not always true, how do we differ from people in other countries without rights?
Our life under The First Amendment is different because we can have our own religion and we can voice our thoughts and not have to worry about saying something against the government.
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Why is news being Socially Important, important to journalist?
Journalist care about their news being Socially Important because if people don't want to read their stories then why write them? The news needs to be able to have opinions formed from them.
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How are political cartoons like the opinion section of a newspaper?
Political cartoons are like the opinion section of the newspaper because in both places opinions can be expressed without breaking any rules about being biased in a article.
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How does journalism differ between different countries?
Journalism differs between countries because not all countries have the same rights. For example in the U.S. have The First Amendment that allows us to share our own opinions but in North Korea people don't have the same rights and get in trouble when they voice their own opinion.
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An early journalist delivers news by voice. What real world job is like an early journalist?
A news broadcaster is like an early journalist because they use their voice to tell the viewers the news.
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How does The First Amendment affect us as students? Do our rights differ from journalist?
In school we still have our First Amendment rights, but we can't express violence, copyright, or use false material. Just like real world journalist. Only we still have to follow the schools rules, for example if we protest but it becomes a distraction the school can tell us to stop.
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In your everyday life who are people who act or are like political watchdogs?
During my everyday life my parents and teachers can be like my own political watchdog, they watch what I do and how I feel. In the public, police officers can be like political watchdogs, making sure that citizens follow the rules.
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In political cartoons you can not be defamatory to others. How does this statement relate to The First Amendment?
Political cartoons relate to The First Amendment because under the amendment and in political cartoons you can express your opinion but your can not do so in a violent or untrue way.
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There are many expectations that journalist must meet when writing an article. What are things that you would expect out of a journalist.
I would expect a journalism to give me news that is important to me and news that I can form my OWN opinions about, not the writers. I would also expect a journalist to keep me updated on what is going on with everyday life and political events. Lastly I want a journalist to provide me with news that I want to read, not something I get bored with. (Answers may vary)
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