Travel reporting became popular in the early 20th century. It branched off into different subgenres including guidebooks and travel literature, which is travel writing of literary value. Travel literature involves a person traveling for pleasure and writing down their experience in a travelogue. Travelogues usually show a narrative beyond just jotting down dates and events. […]
Archive for November, 2009
Nellie Bly: Pioneer of Investigative Reporting
Posted by: britnipetersen | November 23, 2009 | No Comment |During a time when women were scorned in the workforce and expected to stay at home, one woman, Nellie Bly, was paving her way into becoming one of the greatest reporters of all time. Nellie Bly, or birth name Elizabeth Cochran, started her career as a writer for the Pittsburgh Dispatch in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her […]
Once they plotted revolutions, now they’re typing blogs. Today’s cafe society is a weak decaf. By MICHAEL IDOV The coffeehouse may just be mankind’s greatest invention. It certainly is the most collective one: In the classic, which is to say Viennese, form, the coffeehouse is perhaps the finest collaboration between Europe, Asia and Africa. It is […]
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What a concept! Making the typewriter obsolete
Posted by: Steve Klein | November 22, 2009 | No Comment |
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In April 2009, the 1st U.S. Court of Appeals, based in Boston, reversed a U.S. District Court‘s decision to allow webcasting coverage of court proceedings. The case involved a lawsuit by Sony BMG Music brought against a Boston University student for downloading music. The appeals judges noted the district judge overstepped her authority by initially […]
Some knew him as king of the anchormen, others as the most trusted man in America, old ironpants, Uncle Walter, and to some he was the first television anchorman. His name, Walter Leland Cronkite Jr., his image, news reporting at its best. The career of Walter Cronkite in news began in 1935 in the […]
Technology: helping the spread of news (part 4)
Posted by: michaelmorse | November 19, 2009 | No Comment |In our previous three blog entries, we discussed how technological advancements like the printing press, steam engine, telegraph, radio, and television (see beow) have helped spread information and the news to the public-at-large. In our final entry, we will continue the discussion on how technology has helped shape the spread of information and the news. Source: http://www.wired.com Like the television set, the Internet (see picture below) was another revolutionary advancement in technology, in terms […]
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Tags: e-mail, information, Internet, Michael Morse, News, news alerts, technology
Tags: e-mail, information, Internet, Michael Morse, News, news alerts, technology
While skimming through our textbook contemplating what to write about I stumbled across a text-box on the coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial. It automatically took me back to my childhood, reminding me of the coverage I watched with my parents. There are certain events that have unfolded throughout the history of journalism that […]
Count Ernst Mansfeld: one of the first media stars
Posted by: Alex Howard | November 19, 2009 | No Comment |When people think of media stars, what comes to mind are the stars of Hollywood either on TV shows, movies, or in sports. Whether it is Brad Pitt in his new movie, or Lebron James dominating the sport of basketball, these are considered media stars. But who would have thought that one of the first […]
In 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts were signed by John Adams. The latter of the two was written to prevent papers being published that were “false, scandalous and malicious writing … against the Government of the United States” and threatened punishment “by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollar, and by imprisonment not exceeding […]
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Tags: alien, free speech, jail, john adams, matthew lyon, o'mahony, president, sedition, thomas jefferson
Tags: alien, free speech, jail, john adams, matthew lyon, o'mahony, president, sedition, thomas jefferson
Imagine reading something like this in a newspaper today: “We learn from the Albany Daily Advertiser of yesterday from the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of Saturday….” That quote, taken from the Dec. 2, 1841 issue of the Boston Evening Transcript (and quoted in Mitchell Stephens‘ “A History of News“) was standard fare for early newspapers before […]
Virginia Tech — a test of ethics & credibility
Posted by: rosswilkers | November 18, 2009 | No Comment |Dr. Jack Censer, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University, is scheduled to speak to our class on Dec. 1. Our discussion topic will be the media coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre on Apr. 17, 2007. The most memorable part of the media coverage belongs, unfortunately, to the […]