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History of Journalism

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first newspaper printed?

a)

Publick Occurrences

b)

Boston Globe

c)

New York Times

d)

Boston Herald

2.

What does it mean to for a paper to be published "with authority"?

a)

The writers knew what they were talking about.

b)

The government told the paper what to write.

c)

The paper had the government's approval.

3.

What was the first daily newspaper called?

a)

Washington Post

b)

Patriot Post

c)

Pennsylvania Post

d)

New York Post

4.

Why were the penny press newspapers called "penny press"?

a)

You could buy one for five pennies.

b)

The first publisher was named Penny.

c)

They all ran pictures of Abraham Lincoln, who was on the penny.

d)

They cost 1 cent.

5.

What year did the court case occur that established truth as a defense against libel?

a)

1715

b)

1735

c)

1776

d)

1800

6.

Journalists who investigated corruption, social institutions, and politics and promoted social responsibility were called ________________________.

a)

yellow journalists

b)

editors

c)

muckrakers

d)

newsies

7.

___________________ was the pen name of a journalist who pretended to be mentally ill and was committed to New York's Blackwell Insane Asylum in order to write a story about the poor conditions of the asylum.

a)

William Heart

b)

Andrew Hamilton

c)

Dorothea Lange

d)

Nellie Bly

8.

The inverted pyramid style of journalism puts the ___________________ facts in the first paragraph.

a)

first

b)

names and dates of

c)

most important

d)

least important

9.

In the mid 1890s, a style of journalism called ________________________ began that involved hoaxes, sensationalism, cheap melodrama, and frauds.

a)

muckraking

b)

yellow journalism

c)

false journalism

d)

photojournalism

10.

The reporters, editors, photographers, producers and camera crews who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's important or interesting are called ____________________.

a)

journalists

b)

staffers

c)

sources

d)

gaffers

11.

Channels of communication that reach a large audience are called _______________________.

a)

televisions

b)

broadcasts

c)

radios

d)

mass media

12.

What was the first lasting US radio network?

a)

ABC

b)

NBC

c)

CBS

d)

FOX

13.

A ___________________ is a group of stations that broadcast the same programs at the same time.

a)

monopoly

b)

convergence

c)

radio

d)

network

14.

To be ____________________ is to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue.

a)

objective

b)

subjective

c)

biased

d)

quiet

15.

People who supply reporters with information are called __________________.

a)

editors

b)

correspondents

c)

rats

d)

sources

16.

Editors, producers, publishers, and other managers who filter the information they obtain from reporters are called _________________________.

a)

correspondents

b)

keymasters

c)

gatekeepers

d)

mean

17.

Journalists on the front line are called _______________________.

a)

editors

b)

correspondents

c)

sources

d)

gatekeeperss

18.

This newspaper, published in 1704, was the first newspaper published with authority.

a)

The Boston Globe

b)

The Boston Times

c)

The Boston Pops

d)

The Boston News-Letter

19.

___________________ refers to the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some people to be objectionable.

a)

Plagiarism

b)

Editing

c)

Censorship

d)

Libel

20.

What did the first newscast broadcast in 1916?

a)

World Series

b)

Super Bowl

c)

Presidential Debate

d)

Presidential Elections