By: Jessica Farley Twitter. Love it or hate it, there is just no escaping it anymore. And while some use Twitter simply to see what Kim Kardashian ate for lunch, or what the latest #firstworldproblem may be, it is also undeniable that Twitter has become an increasingly useful and popular medium for breaking news […]
When the big story just isn’t enough, journalists must dig deeper. Stories that have been unearthed, so to speak, may constitute muckraking or investigative journalism. These types of stories do, however, sometimes reveal themselves as big stories. Therefore, muckraking and big story reporting often times go hand-in-hand. The Watergate Scandal was broken by Bob Woodward […]
William Marcy Tweed was the epicenter of corruption in New York city during the 1860s-1870s. Immigrants fell servant to his bribes and played pawn in his game to take over the city. Tweed either owned or payed off every single New York Daily except the New York Times and Harper’s Weekly. “In 1862, New York […]
The media had a big impact on sports in the beginning. The more a sport was televised or written on, the more people played it and the more popular it was. Ice hockey in the 1960s for instance. In 1960 the Olympics were in February in Squaw Valley, California, United States. There was a big […]
Who doesn’t love to be the first one to know something? I love to be the source of information for any kind of news , but I definitely can’t be a fountain of information alone! I owe my success in my distribution of information to social media and television for their consistent updates of information […]
In history, crime and war reporting were, and still are, the most popular topics to report on. News consumers eat up these types of stories. They are filled with scandal, action and tragedy. The first instance of war reporting can be attributed to the Greeks, which can also be attributed to the making of popular […]
On Oct. 3, Republican candidate Mitt Romney went head-to-head with incumbent Barack Obama in the first televised debate of the 2012 election. For days after, the internet was humming with chatter over impressions gathered from the debate and predictions for the future. Many believed that Obama had a weak performance and that Romney dominated the […]
After a two-year grand jury investigation, the case of Jerry Sandusky has been laid to rest. On October 9th, 2011, Sandusky was found guilty of 52 counts of sexual abuse and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. Judge John Cleland who issued the sentence acknowledged that the length of his term within that […]
I should warn all of you before you read any further: You may be deeply confused and angry by what you read here this morning. I have been in an ongoing battle with the English vocabulary. There are two words in particular that I feel must be sorted out. Trust me, this is important for […]
Guest speaker Donald Ritchie gave a very informative, in-depth look at the press during early America. Newspapers were not only driven by, but owned by political parties. During the Washington Administration, the government sent news directly to the newspapers. Dissent within the cabinet between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton caused the formation of two separate […]
The other day I read an article on CNN about the Fars News Agency in Iran publishing a story that a Gallup poll found that rural white Americans prefer Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over President Barack Obama. The source of the story–The Onion, a news satire organization known for creating outlandish stories and presenting them as real news. […]
On Thursday October 4, 2012 Senate Historian Donald Richie came and spoke to the History of Journalism course. Donald Richie is the historian for the United States Senate. He came and spoke to the class regarding the access to Congress and the relationship that the city of Washington D.C. has with the reporters that cover/covered […]