Famous Journalists
Functions of a Journalist
Elements of News
News paper Staff
Media
100
This man used his press in Illinois to work to abolish slavery.
What is Elijah Lovejoy?
100
News organization doing its job properly will cover in detail the activities of government.
What is political function?
100
Relates to the newness of the facts.
What is timeliness?
100
The person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication.
What is publisher?
100
Covers sports, political, and other everyday matters.
What is newspapers?
200
She was the first woman in the New York Tribune staff.
What is Margaret Fuller?
200
Information about products, goods, and services in addition to events.
What is economic function?
200
Refers to the nearness of given events to your place of publication.
What is proximity?
200
Serves as liaison to the publisher.
What is adviser?
200
A way to hear information while in the car.
What is radio?
300
This man is best known as Mark Twain.
What is Samuel L. Clemens?
300
When press reports not only what is happening today but also tomorrow.
What is sentry function?
300
Refers to the News worthiness of an individual or organization.
What is prominence?
300
Has overall responsibility for the editorial department.
What is editor-in-chief?
300
Each one is made for a specific purpose such as food, sports, shopping, and politics.
What is magazine?
400
He wrote about what he saw on the streets and opened people's eyes to the living conditions for many in the city.
What is Jacob Riis?
400
Mass media reflects on accurate records of local, national, and world news.
What is record-keeping function?
400
Refers to the importance of an event.
What is consequence?
400
Form the link between the managing editor and the reporters.
What is subeditors?
400
A device used to entertain or inform at home.
What is television?
500
After his father’s death he became the youngest reporter at a Baltimore paper.
What is H. L. Mencken?
500
Passing along information from person to person in which people discuss in their world.
What is social function?
500
Causes readers to laugh or cry; to feel emotion.
What is human interest?
500
They get the news for the paper or article.
What is reporters?
500
A device used on a computer to help find information.
What is internet?