WorksheetsJournalism History Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 31mins
Put the different eras of journalism in order from earliest (1) to latest (5).
Radio
Television
Internet
Social media
Match the following famous news examples with their importance.
Publick Occurences
First newspaper in America, only 1 issue
Boston News-Letter
First newspaper approved by the British gov't in America
Pennsylvania Post
First daily newspaper in America
New York Sun
First penny press edition
Cherokee Phoenix
First Native newspaper, shut down after 5 years
Early newspapers were guilty of (a) , meaning they were stirring rebellion. They couldn't use (b) as a defense until 1735, when John Peter Zenger was tried for libel.
Which of the following is NOT one of the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment?
Religion
Assembly
Profanity
Speech
Which of the following is NOT one of the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment?
Vandalism
Press
Petition
Speech
Which of the following statements about the First Amendment is TRUE?
It only protects citizens under 50 years old.
It only guaranteed Freedom of Speech.
It was never fully finalized.
It wasn't originally in the Constitution.
After the American Revolution, the newspaper industry (a) as more and more people sought out news of the country.
Select all the items that would likely be included in a penny press publication.
Criminals recently caught
Mr. Smith's feelings about clouds
A fire that burnt down the Turners' farm
The potential for a storm in the next week
The penny press made the news more accessible to more people. Why is that a good thing?
As more and more people started reading the news, these came into play so people could make more money off the papers.
Advertisements
Letters to the Editor
Obituaries
Advice columns
This man bought the New York Times in 1896 and focused on covering legitimate news in a tasteful manner.
Robert Abbott
John Campbell
Adolph Ochs
Benjamin Day
The (a) made it so reporters could send news home quickly without returning home themselves, like during war time. This led to the creation of news-gathering (b) around the 1850s, where they would sell news to smaller publications.
What is the name for the reporting method where you focus on the BIG details first and work your way down to the small ones?
Civil War reporting
Correct reporting
Dessert first
Inverted pyramid
William Randolph Hearts and Joseph Pulitzer encouraged yellow journalism, saying to their teams, "You furnish the (a) , I'll furnish the (b) ."
What was the purpose of yellow journalism?
Push countries to talk to each other instead of fighting
Follow the instructions they were given
Encourage important wars for the safety of the people
Get more readers and attention on the news
The novel by Upton Sinclair is a famous example of muckraking that exposed the meat packing industry for its atrocities.
The Jungle
The Most Dangerous Game
The Meatpacking City
The New York Times
Which of the following is NOT one of the things muckraking aimed to change for the better?
Horrific labor conditions
Child labor laws
Heroics of the millionaires
Lives of the less fortunate
Match the following women with their important role in the earlier days of American journalism.
Cornelia Walter
Editor of Boston Transcript in 1840s
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Worked for the New York Tribune, first woman to cover Congress
Margaret Fuller
New York Tribune reporter, first woman war correspondent
Ida Tarbell
Published "The History of the Standard Oil Company” to expose Rockefeller
Nellie Bly
Pretended to be mentally ill to expose an asylum's poor conditions
Why are minority media productions important?
Highlight different life experiences that we may not understand
Highlight all the ways other people are wrong
Showcase the ways mainstream media is better
Downplay the experiences of other people
What issue did people discover with radio shortly after it became a popular medium?
There were no rules and too many people trying to use each station.
There were too many rules and no one could access it.
Match the following aspects of radio journalism with their description:
FCC
Gov't organization that set regulations to prevent issues
KDKA
First station to broadcast an election (1920)
Detroit
Place where radio programs were first started
1916
Year of the first ever radio newscast
1920
Year regular programs started airing generally
What year did the first television news broadcast air in America?
1940
1930
1920
1950
Select all of the changes brought about by the advent of the television for news:
Began to rot children's brains with news
Made it more difficult for newspapers to exist
Showed reporters emotions to viewers
Faster news cycle
The first Olympics that were broadcast on television created what would be called a (a) (b) , where people felt connected to others across the world like never before.
Match the following types of journalism with their descriptions.
Penny press
Cheap newspaper with information about the local area
Muckraking
Exposed shady people/practices and put pressure on corporations to be less bad
Yellow journalism
Hoaxes, altered photographs, anything made up for the attention
Fireside chats
Presidential radio campaign to connect the people with their leaders
Partisan press
Journalism that is influenced by a political party
