Newspaper Wars
This city has always been a battleground for newspapers
A new invention that revolutionized how many papers could be created in a small amount of time
Printing Press
What is Objectivity?
Impartiality In Reporting to satiate readers with different perspectives.
“I’ve always thought of daily ____ as the guardians of our—meaning the public’s—right to know. The guardians of truth, justice, and public welfare and all that. But who am I fooling? America’s daily ____ don’t belong to us” (Steve Hoenisch, editor of Criticism.com). What are the blanks? (Hint: it’s the same word)
Newspapers
4 major Newspaper publications
USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington, Chicago Tribune
This somewhat recent invention caused newspaper subscriptions to fall drastically.
Ancient civilization thought to have had the first known newspaper
Ancient Rome
What is the inverted pyramid style?
Most important details of the story first.
As readership declines, newspapers choose which stories to report based on the input from advertisers and what other party?
Shareholders
two reasons readership of newspapers is declining
Television, radio, women working with no time to read, internet, younger generations.
Owner of Wall Street Journal
The founding father that played an important part both in the American revolution and the printing press
Benjamin Franklin
What is literary journalism?
A factual reporting combined with fictional narration.
The Internet and _______ have profoundly affected newspaper audiences and journalistic styles by forcing newspapers to shift their techniques to be more dominated by large images accompanied by short written stories (in present tense); this caters to the short attention span of readers, and allows newspapers to stay competitive in a modern world. What is the blank?
Television
a financial agreement to share funds between two newspapers who create different content
Joint operating agreement
Newspaper companies are competing even more for news coverage
Falling Profits
The Sun was the first paper to be printed by what?
Penny Press
What is consensus journalism?
What form of journalism provides the public with information about government officials or business owners while holding those officials to high standards of operation, and can be considered one of the most important functions of newspapers?
Watchdog
Four Largest Newspaper Companies
Gannett, The Tribune Company, The New York Times Company, and the McClatchy Company
Wired Magazine called the showdown between the NY times and the WSJ
“Clash of the Titans”
The first known “stunt journalist” who went undercover in a mental asylum
Elizabeth Cochrane OR ”Nellie Bly”
What is niche journalism?
members of underground press representing unheard voices of minorities.
Since 1896, The New York Times has printed what phrase as its masthead motto?
“All the News That’s Fit to Print”
This act authorized the structure of joint operating agreements, so two papers could share finances while presenting different papers.
Newspaper Preservation Act