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18 Cards in this Set
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What was the first newspaper in the colonies?
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Publik Occurences
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What was the first continually published American newspaper that was printed front and back?
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The Boston News Letter
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Who was John Peter Zenger and what was his significance?
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He was the man who got arrested for publishing an article that went against Great Britain and they burned down his printing press.His case helped establish the first ammendment.
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Benjamin Day created what newspaper?
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The Penny Press
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What was the significance of the Penny Press?
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The Penny Press made newspapers available to the middle class citizens and also put more popular content in it's articles.
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What was one of the major things that changed Journalism forever?
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Photography
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Who was the first photographer and what did he take pictures of?
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Matthew Brady and he photographed the Civil War.
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What other invention changed journalism and how articles were handed in?
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The Telegraph
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Who was the first president to use the telegraph?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What did reporters invent to make sure their articles could still be used if the lines of a telegraph machine went down?
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The Inverted Pyramid: the most important parts of the article were in the beginning of the article.
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Who were the two men who were constantly trying to get the readers from the other person?
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Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolf Hearst
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What was the name of the cartoon that Pulitzer and Hearst used in their newspapers?
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The Yellow Kid
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What was the purpose of the Yellow Kid?
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To make fun of the other newspapers
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Who was the first woman investigator?
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Nellie Bly
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What kind of things did Nellie Bly investigate?
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She went to mental hospitals and sweat shops and exposed the horrible conditions of both
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What Nellie do for Pulitzer to do in order to get more readers?
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She flew around the world in a hot air balloon.
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What did Hearst do in order to get more readers?
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He made a fake war. He had people take pictures of ships coming in and made it look like there was a war going on.
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What is the most recent change in journalism?
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The Associated Press
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