History of Journalism

Journalism has been around since the beginning because Journalism is essentially ______________________.

• A career

• Storytelling

• Not Important

• Social Media

What is the name of the invention of Johannes Gutenberg in 1450 that revolutionized the way books (and eventually newspapers) were printed?

• The pencil

• The penny press

• The internet

• The printing press

During the Revolutionary War (late 1700s) newspapers were used to _______________________.

• Make money on advertisements

• Disapprove of the revolution

• Create new jobs

• Gain new supporters for the revolution.

What was the result of the trial of John Peter Zenger

• He was found guilty for stealing.

• He was found innocent for saying something bad about the governor of New York in the paper.

• He never went to trial.

• He was only fired from his job.

This term, which is now just considered "fake news", was created when newspapers in the 1800s exaggerated or lied about the news to increase their number of readers.

• Yellow Journalism

• Red journalism

• Classifieds

• Photojournalism

The inverted pyramid, created in response to telegraphs being cut off in the Civil War, can best be explained as...

• The most important information goes at the end of the story.

• Stories are only a couple sentences long.

• The most important information goes at the top of the story.

• Captions are sent with photos.

What is muckraking?

• Novels

• Photojournalism

• Manual Labor

• Investigative, socially conscious reporting.

Why couldn't newspapers keep up with broadcast televsion?

• They weren't as fast

• No one knew how to read

• They were too expensive

• They were too biased

Mark which of the following is an example of investigative journalism from the 1960s-70s. More than one answer may apply.

• Watergate

• Common Sense

• Bay of Pigs

• The Pentagon Papers

Which of the following is a right granted in the first amendment that applies to journalists.

• Freedom of the Press

• Freedom of a fair trial

• Freedom of voters' choice

• Freedom of will