History of Journalism
In what century did the weekly newspaper start appearing?
17th Century.
Famous for inventing the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg.
Sheets of paper with current information.
Newspaper.
The title of a news article.
Headline.
The first device allowed people to send messages across cities, states, countries.
Telegraph.
First book published.
American colonist distributed first multi-page newspaper.
Benjamin Harris.
People who write news stories.
Journalist.
Category in a newspaper.
Section
In the 19th century two inventions changed the way newsrooms operated.
Telephone.
Typewriter.
Gazette comes from an Italian word.
Gazetta.
American Colonist who used the Pennsylvania Gazette to pursued others to fight against the British.
Benjamin Franklin.
Newspapers fall under a certain media category.
Print Media.
A sentence includes who, what, when where, sometimes why.
Lead.
In the 19th Century, an invention became the most important tool for journalist.
Typewriter.
The first English language newspaper published March 11, 1702.
The Daily Courant.
Publisher of the Weekly Journal of New York was arrested and charged with seditious libel for printing critical statements about the British governor of the colonies.
Peter Zenger.
Journalist investigated and questioned President Nixon.
Watergate.
Name of author.
Byline.
The first photographic camera.
1839.
First multi-page newspaper published in the American colonies.
Publick Occurrences.
Telegraph and photographs allowed war coverage was reported during his presidency.
Abraham Lincoln.
Media is used to alarm people of life-threating events.
Weather.
Words used to describe a photo.
Caption.
The first typewriter .
1868