Eras
This era of journalism was known for exaggerated headlines, sensational stories, and competition between Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This inventor created the printing press that revolutionized mass communication in the 15th century
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This invention allowed information to travel almost instantly over long distances using electrical signals.
What is the Telegraph?
These reporters are not professionals but gather and share news through social media and online platforms.
What are Citizen Journalists?
This French inventor created one of the earliest successful photographic images in the 1820s.
Who is Joseph Nicephore Niepce?
This early 20th-century movement focused on exposing corruption and social injustice through investigative reporting.
What is Muckraking?
This journalist exposed corruption in mental institutions by going undercover in an asylum.
Who is Nellie Bly?
This early photographic process, developed by Louis Daguerre, produced detailed images on silvered plates.
What is the Daguerreotype?
This group of reporters regularly covers the President of the United States.
What is the White House Press Corps?
This newspaper publisher emphasized reform and helped establish journalism as a tool for democracy in the 19th century.
Who is Horace Greeley?
This period began when news expanded beyond print and into homes through sound and moving images.
What is the Radio and Television Era?
This publisher used sensationalism to sell newspapers and competed heavily with Joseph Pulitzer.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
This invention made photography more affordable and accessible to everyday people through roll film.
What is the Kodak camera (developed by George Eastman)?
This type of radio host often uses provocative or controversial commentary to attract attention.
What are Shock Jocks?
This media form replaced letters and newspapers as the fastest way to communicate news in the mid-1800s.
What is the Telegraph?
This modern era is defined by instant publishing, blogs, social media, and citizen journalists.
What is the Digital/Internet Era?
This African American publisher founded The Chicago Defender, a powerful voice for Black Americans.
Who is Robert S. Abbott?
This technological shift allowed photos to be stored electronically rather than printed on physical film.
What is Digital Photography?
This style of journalism combines multiple media platforms — print, video, audio, and digital — into one experience.
What is Convergent Media?
The ability of media to inform citizens, provide transparency, and hold leaders accountable is essential to this type of government.
What is a Democracy?
During this time, journalism became more immersive, with reporters traveling alongside military units in war zones.
What is Embedded Journalism?
This Civil War photographer documented the realities of war, changing how Americans viewed conflict.
Who is Matthew Brady?
This modern technology allows journalists to report, film, edit, and publish stories entirely from a smartphone.
What is Mobile Journalism?
This type of journalism seeks to hold powerful institutions accountable by investigating corruption and wrongdoing.
What is Investigative Journalism?
This major shift allowed anyone with internet access to publish news without going through traditional gatekeepers.
What is Social Media?