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WorksheetsHistory of Journalism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
Which tv broadcast company learned in the 1990s that they could benefit from 24-hour news coverage?
Disney
CNN
NBC
Netflix
What 1995 court case was largely affected by too much media coverage?
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Tinker vs .Des Moines
The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Brown v. Board of Education
What website founded in 2004 sparked a deep immersion into social media?
By 2008, the internet was (and is still) the nation's _________________.
Largest bill
Primary source
Secondary source
Cell phone
As a nation, our news sources have problems with objectivity. What does this mean?
They aren't qualified to do their job.
They often Photoshop images
They have a hard time finding work.
They let their personal opinions affect how they report the news.
