History+Of+Journalism

Journalism Research ** You and a partner will be assigned two of the following subjects to research.
 * [[image:newspapers.gif width="193" height="281"]]The History Of American

You are then to create a mini presentation (PowerPoint) for the class.  ·  **You need to include information pertaining to the bullets listed under each topic. **  ·  **You also need to include at least 3-5 graphics in your presentation. **  ·  **You must also provide a Works Cited page. See the hand outs on how to create a MLA Works Cited page. ****  **

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 * [[file:sample works cited page.doc]]


 * The following are a few websites to get you started. Please use these, the chapter handed out in class, the chapter in the __Journalism Today__ text book, or any other sources to supply you with information on your subjects.

[|An Outline of American Journalism]

[|Early Newspaper History]

[|American Journalism]

[|History of Journalism Power Point] - Scroll down a bit and click on History of Journalism or Yellowjournalism.**

Group 1: Colonial Newspapers  ·  How was news communicated during this time?  ·  What was the 1st paper in the US?  ·  First continuous paper?  ·  John Peter Zenger trial and its importance.  ·  What were papers like? Design, what made the news, etc.  ·  Other Key People: Ben Harris and John Campbell =Revolutionary War Newspaper=  ·  Stamp Act 1765 – What was it? How did it influence the newspaper? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What were papers like? Design? What made the news? Nature of the news? Etc. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Coverage of the war? How was it handled?

= = =Party Press= <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What was it? Does this type of journalism exist today? If so, where? (hint: internet blogs) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What were some of the papers of this period? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What was the content of the papers? The nature of the news? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  1812 War coverage <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Layout of the newspaper? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Who was Benjamin Day? =Penny Press= <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How did the industrial revolution influence and change the newspaper? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What was the “Penny Press”? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What were the following papers like? Design nature of the news, impact and importance? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  New York Sun – Benjamin Day <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  New York Herald – James Gordon Bennett <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  New York Tribune – Horace Greeley <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  New York Times – Henry Raymond <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What was the associated press during this time? What does and did it do? What is its importance?
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191">Group 2: **

= = =Civil War Newspapers= <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How was the war covered? What was the influence of it? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Discuss the effects of the telegraph. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  New style of writing was introduced. What was it called and what is it? Why did this style become important? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  War corespondents – what were they like? What did they report? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191"> =Radio, TV, and Internet Journalism= <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How did these new media types influence print journalism? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Why is print journalism still important despite these news mediums? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What are shock jocks? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Who is DeForest and what is he known for? How did he change journalism? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·   How was the journalism impacted by the various wars (focus on WW I, WW II, and the Vietnam War) Make sure to address how the Vietnam War was influenced by TV journalism? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Discuss sensationalism on TV. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How do you see or think the Internet will influence news of today? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How has the computer changed journalism? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191">Group 3: **

= = = Yellow Journalism = <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What is it? Characteristic of it? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How did it first get started? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Who is “The Yellow Kid?” <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Who is Joseph Pulitzer and what is his significance? What were his papers like? What kind of news? What did they look like? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Who is William Randolph Hearst? What is his significance? What were his papers like? What kind of news? What did they look like? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How did the competition between these two journalists change or influence what was news? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  Who is Nellie Bly? What is she known for? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  How was the War with Spain influenced by Yellow Journalism? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> ·  What is muckraking? Give examples.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191">Group 4: **