Famous Broadcast Journalists
Journalism History
AP Style
Famous Sports Journalists
SMAD Professors
100
This broadcaster became famous for his World War II radio broadcasts during the London Blitz
Who is Edward R. Murrow
100
A type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines and sensationalism to sell more newspapers.
What is Yellow journalism.
100
Do you visit a Web site or a website?
What is a website
100
AKA the Swami and Boomer
Who is Chris Berman
100
This professor got his Ph.D. from Ohio University and is the university's Faculty Athletic Representative.
Who is Roger Soenksen
200
This first lady of broadcast journalism made waves when she jumped from the NBC Today show to the big desk and the nightly news at CBS.
Who is Katie Couric.
200
The benefactor of the Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Joseph Pulitzer.
200
What part of speech is the word "affect?"
What is a verb
200
This famous man of the NFL has a video game named after him
Who is John Madden
200
This professor began her career as an online journalist at the Website of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Who is Nan Zheng
300
This famous CBS news anchor used the sign off "and that's the way it is..." at the end of his nightly news show.
Who is Walter Cronkite.
300
Cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the United States starting in the 1830s.
What is penny press newspapers.
300
Do quotes go in integrated copy? Or in their own paragraphs?
What is their own paragraphs
300
Former sportswriter and columnist for the Washington Post and current co-host on Pardon the Interruption
Who is Michael Wilbon
300
This professor has independently produced six award-winning documentaries, most of them broadcast by PBS affiliates.
Who is Mike Grundmann
400
This formerly famous broadcast journalist caused a stir in the '90s when she famously asked Newt Gingrich's mother what Newt thought of Hillary Clinton. Oh! She's also married to Maury Povich.
Who is Connie Chung.
400
Citizen Kane was Orson Welles's scathing cinematic portrait of this famous news baron.
Who is William Randolph Hearst.
400
You only spell out numbers if they are under
What is 10
400
Former sports anchor at NBC4 Washington and now an anchor for SportsCenter
Who is Lindsay Czarniak
400
Her current research explores the role of women in journalism history, especially their contributions to cultural constructions of nationality, race, and gender in the popular press.
Who is Dolores Flamiano
500
These three people are your current nightly news anchors at the "Big Three" networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC
Who are David Muir, Scott Pelley, and Brian Williams
500
A series of classified government documents relating to the Vietnam War released to the New York Times by Daniel Ellsberg.
What is the "Pentagon Papers"
500
The comma that precedes the conjunction before the final item in a list of three or more items
What is the Oxford (or Serial) comma
500
Previous co-host of College Gameday on ESPN and now hosts FOX College Football, who will replace Pam Oliver sooner or later
Who is Erin Andrews
500
This professor received her B.A. at Concordia University in Montreal and is the wife of fellow SMAD professor Alex Leidholdt.
Who is JoAnne Holman