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Dean Callahan: Elements of News |
Timeliness: Interest wanes from incidence Impact: Measure of impact on our audience. Unusual: Newsworthiness Proximity: Closeness to our audience. Prominence: How important something is to our audience. |
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Dean Callahan: Audience |
Audience: Who is the audience, who are we writing for?
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Dean Callahan: Biases |
Understand our biases and account for them. Be aware of who we are as individuals. |
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What profession was most common among colonial publishers? |
Post Officer |
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What is considered the first newspaper in the colonies? |
Publick Occurrences |
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What was in Colonial newspapers? |
Sermons, shipping news, overseas news. Typically old news. |
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Why were Colonial newspapers "published with authority" |
Because they were published with the English Government's permission. |
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What was Franklin's point in "Apology for Printers"? |
His point was that Facts will always win over mistruths. |
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What was important about the Zenger trial? |
It established that seditious language is acceptable if it is true. |
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How did Colonial Printers feel about the Stamp Act? |
Colonial printers became voices of the revolution after the Stamp Act. |
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Was Colonial press objective or partisan during the Revolution? |
Very partisan. |
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Who wrote "Common Sense" |
Thomas Tide |
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Why were pamphlets popular? |
Because they were small, cheap and easy to spread. |
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What did the Sedition Act do? |
The sedition act outlawed any speech that was negative toward the government or incited riots. |
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What did Jefferson propose about speech/press that didn't get adopted? |
He wanted to include that speech should be "true" in the First Amendment. |
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What are the protections in the First Amendment? |
Political Speech Speech Critical of the Gov Freedom of the Press Freedom of Religion |
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What is the most protected speech? |
Political speech. |
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Why was Penny Press considered "a press for the masses?" |
Because it was cheaper than other newspapers. 1cent. |
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What factors led to the Penny Press' rise. |
Immigration Literacy Voting Power |
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What was the first successful Penny Press paper? |
The Morning Post |
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What was in the first successful Penny Press paper? |
The Morning Post |
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Who is Benjamin Day and What is his Penny Press Paper? |
He sold The Sun. He used News boys. |
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Who is Bennett and What is his Penny Press Paper? |
Created New York Hearld |
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Who is Greeley and What is his Penny Press Paper? |
The New York Tribune |
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Who is Raymond and What is his Penny Press Paper? |
The New York Daily Times. Prided itself on no bias, straight news. |
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Why did the New York Times differ from other Penny Press papers? |
The NYT had no bias, straight news, and international news. |
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What did "The Liberator" cover? |
It covered only slavery and its abolition. It was the first instance of Mass Communication |
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What is Yellow Journalism? |
Based on "The Yellow Kid" comic in the Hogan's Alley paper. |
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What was the Yellow Journalism period marked by? |
Sensational journalism. |
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Who are the two main publishers we studied from this era? |
Joseph Pulitzer William Hearst |
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What was Pulitzer's paper and what was in it? |
The New York World Paper He covered celebrities, scandals, corruption. |
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Who was Nellie Bly? |
Nellie Bly was a famous journalist who investigated cruelty in a NY insane asylum by getting admitted to it. She also traveled around the world. |
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What movie was loosely based on William Randolph Hearst? |
Citizen Kane |
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What does a muckraker do? |
Muckrakers investigated and exposed corporate and government scandals and corruption. |
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Who coined the term "muckraker?" |
Teddy Roosevelt |
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What did Ida Tarbell write about? |
Ida Tarbell exposed Rockefeller and his company Standard Oil as having a monopoly which led to the Supreme Court breaking up the company. |
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Why did magazines serve as vehicles for these articles? |
Because magazines gave them space and had national reach. |
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What are some changes brought by muckraking articles? |
Standard Oil company broke up by Court. Senators changed to electoral instead of appoint Child labor laws, food and drug laws and inspections, worker rights. |
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What techniques did muckrakers introduce? |
Undercover journalism, |
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What was "The Jungle" about? |
The Jungle was about worker rights and conditions. |
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What was the Biltmore Agreement? |
Agreement between radio and newspaper in 1933 allowing radio to broadcast two 5-minute news segments a day. |
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Why was the Hindenburg disaster important to radio? |
It was the beginning of live play by play news delivered to American homes. |
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What did the War of the Worlds demonstrate about radio? |
War of the Worlds demonstrated that radio was an effective tool to speak to Americans. |
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What was the sponsor of the News Caravan on NBC? |
Camel Cigarettes. |
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What was important about the JFK assassination related to TV? |
It was the first event where breaking news was delivered through TV News. It set the media as a source of breaking news. |
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What are the Four Ethical Principles of Journalism? |
Seek Truth and Report it Minimize Harm Act Independently Be Accountable |
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What two principles are most often in conflict? |
Truth and Harm principles. (How can you report the truth about Snooki if it may cause her harm?) |
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What does an ethical journalist do when he or she makes a published error? |
Correct it! |
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Who is Edward R. Murrow, what was his TV show and what did he do on it? |
He was a radio journalist who started the "See it Now" show. He reported on one subject per 30 minute episode. |
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Who is Joseph McCarthy and what did he do? |
He was a Junior Senator who was convinced that America was infiltrated by communists and used his power to hurt innocent journalists and politicians. |
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How did Edward R. Murrow cover McCarthy? |
He used McCarthy's own words against him. |
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What skill did Murrow acquire from radio? |
Writing |
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What inspired Anand Gopal to cover the Middle East and what country did he move to? |
9/11, he moved to Afghanistan. |
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How many stories does Gopal typically write a year? |
One |
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What does Gopal focus on in his stories? |
Showing the human aspects and consequences of a Geo-Political issue. |
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