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 […]
Posts tagged with Journalism
“If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.” […]
under: Comm 455, newspapers
Tags: fear and loathing, hunter s. thompson, jeremy eley, Journalism, magazine, Storytelling, the rolling stone
Tags: fear and loathing, hunter s. thompson, jeremy eley, Journalism, magazine, Storytelling, the rolling stone
Early American newspapers and the Franklin family
Posted by: Colleen Wilson | October 1, 2012 | No Comment |Tired of the stale and dry news published in traditional newspapers, James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin began publishing the “New England Courant“. Franklin got rid of hte boring addresses from the governor and began publishing satire and essays in the style of London’s paper, “The Spectator.” Benjamin Franklin wrote for the paper under the […]
under: Comm 455, Uncategorized
Tags: american newspapers, Ben Franklin, colleen wilson, Journalism, satire
Tags: american newspapers, Ben Franklin, colleen wilson, Journalism, satire
News value stems from how much prominence individuals give to a chosen media outlet. For most consumers of the news, value is obtained from independence and accuracy. If a news outlet is reporting something that is false, they have lost the trust of their audience. For the consumer, that value is lost and the news outlet will […]
Have you heard of The Village Voice? It began as a neighborhood paper in Greenwich Village but ultimately changed journalism. As Louis Menand explains in “It Took A Village: How the Voice changed journalism,” The Village Voice changed what it meant to be a journalist. The Village Voice was founded by Norman Mailer, Dan Wolf […]
under: Comm 455
Tags: Heather Blevins, History, Journalism, journalism history, news history, Superblog, The Village Voice, timeline
Tags: Heather Blevins, History, Journalism, journalism history, news history, Superblog, The Village Voice, timeline
Impact of technology on journalism part II: the Internet
Posted by: jsharma1 | November 22, 2011 | No Comment |[View the story “Newspapers vs. broadcast vs. the Internet” on Storify]
Who invented original reporting on television?
Posted by: heatherblevins | September 27, 2011 | No Comment |What is original reporting? Jim Romenesko called attention to this CBS News promo that was released in August, claiming the network invented original reporting on television. The promo states: “What is original reporting? It’s finding your own facts, seeing them first hand; telling the story no one else will — or can. It’s not just […]
It’s almost hard to believe The New York Times was founded as a penny paper in 1851. But then again, it’s not surprising. Of course a newspaper of such prestige was a part of the revolutionary penny press era. The penny press made significant contributions to the newspaper industry. While the penny press is known […]
under: Comm 455
Tags: Benjamin Day, Heather Blevins, History of Journalism, Journalism, newspapers, The Penny Press
Tags: Benjamin Day, Heather Blevins, History of Journalism, Journalism, newspapers, The Penny Press
All sports teams have their own rules for reporters. Grant Paulsen is the beat reporter fot the Washington Redskins and knows how the rules have evolved. What use to be open and easy to cover, practice now has strict rules. The players are not allowed to tweet at all during practice and as of recently […]