First in Print
Important Terms
Historical People and Events
Radio/TV
ETC
100

Published in 1690, this paper was the first ever in the American Colonies.

What is Publick Occurrences?

100

A false statement written about someone

What is Libel?

100

Founded in 1851 by Henry Raymond, this world famous newspaper now owns the rights to Wordle.

What is The New York Times?

100

Dr. Lee Deforest innovated the vacuum tube and made this technology possible. 

What is the radio?

100
A good journalist should have these two sets of skills. 

What are People skills and Language skills?

200

Published by John Campbell in 1704, this paper was the first continuously published in America. 

What is The Boston News Letter?

200

Newspapers in colonial America were charged with this crime when they criticized the government.

What is sedition?

200

She was the first woman to cover Congress as a journalist. 

Who was Jane Grey Swisshelm? 

200

This decade saw the first TV newscast.

1940s

200

In pre-revolution America, newspapers called this were affiliated with certain political parties. 

What is a partisan press?

300

The Student's Gazette, the first student newspaper in America, was published in this year and in this place.

What is 1777 at Friends Latin School in Philadelphia, PA

300

A journalistic movement involving searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way. 

What is Muckraking?

300
This woman was known for "stunts," stories in which she made the news herself. 

Who is Nellie Bly?

300

A radio host that says sensational things to get attention rather

What is a Shock Jock?

300

This guarantees the freedom of the press in the USA.

What is the First Amendment to the Constitution?

400

Named for its famously low cost, this form of newspaper changed the industry by using advertisers as a revenue source.

What is the Penny Press?

400

Unethical, irresponsible brand of journalism involving hoaxes, altered photos, fraud, and sensationalist headlines. 

What is Yellow Journalism?

400

This conflict began (in part) because yellow journalists embellished the truth and jumped to conclusions. 

What is the Spanish-American War?
400

The first daily radio broadcast in America happened in this year. 

What is 1920?

400

The government body has jurisdiction over radio and television.

What is the FCC?

500

This African-American newspaper was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott, whose parents had been slaves.  

What is The Defender?

500

A resurgence (kind of) of yellow journalism on TV, involving daytime talk shows and entertainment gossip.

What is sensationalism?
500

The Zenger Trial of 1735 established the principle of libel law that "this is not libel" 

What is Truth?

500
Daily television broadcasts brought this war into American living rooms, for better or worse.  

What is the Vietnam War?

500

The greatest innovation to media and news in the 20th century.

What is the internet?