History of Journalism
What is a newspaper?
Publications that contain information about current events, features on different topics, and advetisments.
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What is mass media?
Refers to all channels of communication that reacfh a large audience.
What is a journalist and journalism?
Journalist are reporters, editors, photographers, producers and cfamera crews who shift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's happening. Journalism is the business of news gathering and reporting.
What is a blog?
Inernet journals written by reporters with specific fields of interest, they can also be written by citizen journalists.
What is the penny press?
Newspapers that we named after the cost, 1 cent.
What is the freedom that protects journalists?
Freedom of Press
Which medium was an important means of reaching the public during World War II?
The Radio.
What does it mean to be objective?
Bring objective means to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue.
What are the 5 W's?
Who, What, When, Where, and Why
What is muckracking and a muckracker?
Muckracking in the beginning of investigative journalsim. Muckrackers are the them journalist who investigated corruption.
What is censorship? How does it protect journalist and the media?
Censorship is the prevention or attempted prevention of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some people to be objectionable
Why did journalist start using the internet to create web logs instead of writing for a newspaper?
It was more time efficient and mutiple media elements would help enhance the story.
What is the difference between reporters and correspondents?
Nothing, they are the same thing.
Mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism, screaming headlines and cheap melodrama.
Why is the inverted pyramid used in journalism writing?
The most important facts go first so it grabs the attention of the reader.
Who is protected under the First Amendment?
All U.S. Citizens are protected.
What year was the Golden Age of Radio?
1930s
What is a source? AND examples?
A source is what journalists reply on to create stories. They can be people or wesbites (.gov, .org, and .edu) that supply the reporters with information.
What is the difference between 'multiple platforms' and 'multiple media'?
Multiple Platforms - The news organization has both print publicationand an internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such as through newspapers and news magazines, TV, Radio and Internet
Mutiple Media - May include print, broadcast, and internet; adding audio and video elements to a print story.
What was the first newspaper in the United States called?
Publick Occurences both Forgein and Domestic
List all five of the freedoms under the First Amendment.
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Petition
Freedom of religion
What are three examples of networks?
NBC, ABC, CBS, USA TODAY, CNN, FOX
Why are gatekeepers important?
Gatekeepers are important because they make the decisions aboutwhat will be put into the paper or onto the website.
What is investigative journalism?
Reporting that requires journalism to ask questions about the regular news stories and dig deeper to uncover what is hidden beneath the surface.