History of American Journalism
Teddy Roosevelt's Fireside Chats were broadcast on this medium.
What is radio?
This tenet of the code of ethics tells reporters that they must update their stories if new evidence comes to light.
What is Seek Truth and Report It?
Americans trust this medium more than TV, Radio, Newspapers, or any other form of online journalism.
What is Podcasting?
This type of documentary involves the documentarian being part of the story.
What is Participatory Documentary?
Newspaper articles are organized this way.
What is the Inverted Pyramid?
Coverage of both of these scandals eventually forced Richard Nixon to resign the presidency.
What are Watergate and the Pentagon Papers?
Deciding not to publish military secrets is a good example of this tenet of the code of journalistic ethics.
What is Minimize Harm?
This device gives its name to the podcast.
What is an IPOD?
The hallmark of this documentary is an artistic or experimental style.
What is Poetic?
These are known as the 5 Hs and a W.
What are Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?
This new type of medium led to narrowcasting and the birth of the 24 hour news cycle.
What is Cable Television?
This tenet of the journalistic code of ethics bars reporters from paying their sources or accepting money to publish favorable stories.
What is Act Independently?
Created in 2014, this podcast is considered to be the catalyst that ignited the podcasting boom.
What is Serial?
This type of documentary is like an essay in the form of a film.
What is expository?
This is the first line of a newspaper article, and it gives the most compelling details to hook the reader.
What is the Lede?
William Randolph Hurst and Joseph Pulitzer popularized this type of journalism during the newspaper wars.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This tenet of the journalistic code of ethics tells journalists to expose corruption, even within their own organizations.
What is Be Accountable and Transparent?
Podcasting is this kind of force, meaning that it puts the power in the hands of ordinary people.
What is Democratizing?
This type of documentary makes fun of the form by using fictional characters and a fictional story in a documentary format.
What is a Mocumentary?
This newspaper, known as the Gray Lady, is one of the most reputable papers in the world.
What is The New York Times?
This event underscored the power of television when it influenced the outcome of a presidential election.
What are the Nixon Kennedy presidential debates?
This type of journalism is meant to protect ordinary citizens from their own government or powerful corporations.
What is Watchdog Journalism?
This method of distribution is the main thing that defines a podcast.
What is RSS or Really Simple Syndication?
Sometimes known as SVOD, this relatively recent method of distribution has made documentaries more popular than ever.
What is Streaming Video On Demand?
This kind of work is neither salaried nor benefitted, and it is paid by the job or by the word.
What is freelancing?