Journalism History Mini Quiz

This journalist spent days in a Women’s Lunatic Asylum to reporting on the conditions as well as traveled the world in 72 days and set a world record.

• Walter Cronkite

• Edward R. Murrow

• Nellie Bly

• Oprah

This journalist was a broadcast news pioneer who stood up to Sen. McCarthy in the 1950s.

• Walter Cronkite

• Edward R. Murrow

• Nellie Bly

• Diane Sawyer

This political scandal was uncovered by two journalists from the Washington Post and it eventually led to President Nixon resigning from the presidency in scandal.

• Pentagon Papers

• Launch of CNN

• Watergate

• Roswell Scandal

This news organization was founded in 1846 and serves thousands of local, regional and state newspapers. Four billion people see their news articles every day.

• The Associated Press (AP)

• CNN

• New York Times

• Tampa Bay Times

This era of journalism describes sensationalist pieces with little credibility at the turn of the century in NYC. This type of reporting led to the Spanish-American War.

• Yellow Journalism

• No-Nothing Journalism

• Tabloid Journalism

• Red Journalism