Newspapers didn't used to include photographs, but that changed during this major American event in the 1800s.
What is the Civil War?
100
This style of newswriting exaggerated stories and used eye-catching headlines to draw readers.
What is yellow journalism?
100
Every year, this prize is given for outstanding pieces of journalism, which are often investigative.
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
100
The Watergate scandal involved members of this president's election committee wire-tapping and "bugging" the other political party.
Who is President Nixon?
100
This precursor to the modern word processor allowed news stories to be written and published much more quickly.
What is the typewriter?
200
Before the United States became independent from Britain, this freedom was very limited. What is freedom of the press? (Will also accept freedom of speech)
What is freedom of the press? (I will also accept "freedom of speech.")
200
These two men owned rival newspapers and would often try to outdo each other with exaggerated stories.
Who are Hearst & Pulitzer?
200
Nellie Bly was spent 10 days undercover in an institution after pretending to be this.
What is insane?
200
These two reporters were the ones who uncovered and wrote about the Watergate Scandal.
Who are Woodward & Bernstein?
200
This technology invented in the 1800s allowed news of events like the Civil War to travel more quickly.
What is the telegraph?
300
Back in the days of "yellow journalism," some newspapers cost only this much.
What is 1 cent?
300
Some newspapers in the era of "Yellow Journalism" were not trusted as much because of a lack of this.
What is research?
300
Ida B. Wells wrote various pamphlets exposing the use of this horrible practice against African-Americans.
What is lynching?
300
William Randolph Hearst had some political aspirations. It's no surprise, since his father held this elected position in the federal government.
What is a United States Senator?
300
This method of structuring news stories puts the most important information first.
What is the inverted pyramid?
400
This act, passed in 1765, put a tax on all printed materials in the colonies, including newspapers.
What is The Stamp Act?
400
"Yellow journalism" newspapers' coverage of the explosion of the USS Maine was one cause for the US going to war with this country.
What is Spain?
400
Ida B. Wells was a founding member of this famous civil rights organization.
What is the NAACP?
400
As the rival of the Republican-bent newspaper "The National Gazette," the 18th-century "The Gazette of the United States" was affiliated with this political party. (Hint: It's not the Democratic Party)
What is the Federalist Party?
400
This social media platform especially is used often nowadays to give reports on events happening in real time.
What is Twitter?
500
The first multi-page colonial newspaper in America, called "Publick Occurrences," was published in this city before being almost immediately shut down by the British government.
What is Boston?
500
Data doesn't lie -- modern journalists using this strategy (___ reporting) to gather data and other information to inform their news stories.
What is computer-assisted reporting?
500
Tired of being relegated to the "women's page," Nellie Bly left the Pittsburgh Dispatch to join this newspaper.
What is the New York World?
500
In 1735, he was charged with libel by the British government because he was critical of the colonial governor. (Note: this was in the Colonial Newspapers category.)
Who is John Peter Zenger?
500
These were the first two broadcasting companies to have TV networks. (Name one.)