1960’s: The 1960s was marked by clashes of ideologies and the result was a decade mired in turbulence — but also one that brought important changes College students and Civil Rights activists took on what they perceived as an oppressive and unjust political system. In the early- and mid-60s, Civil Rights activists organized marches and […]
Archive for November, 2010
What does the Facebook trademark ‘face’ really mean?
Posted by: gioiahm | November 25, 2010 | No Comment |“In your face!” “Oh dude you should have been there she fell flat on her face!” “Have you checked your Facebook yet today?” CNN Money. com annunced Tuesday night the Facebook is getting closer to winning the “face” trademark, causing some people to fret. Does this mean that every time I say “face” I owe […]
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High definition local news: more than a better picture
Posted by: dpierce | November 25, 2010 | No Comment |With high definition TV being the norm with popular television programs today, more and more local television stations are converting their local news in HD. All four major network stations in Washington are currently broadcasting their local newscasts in high def, but this trend only started 5 years ago, locally, when WUSA channel 9 went […]
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 […]
A huge Redskins loss made one radio personality famous across the media mediums. One of the host of the LaVar and Dukes show (106.7 The Fan), Chad Dukes, has made himself famous over the last few weeks because of a huge rant he had on the air. Dukes has been a big Radio name for […]
DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY
Posted by: bbeben | November 24, 2010 | No Comment |William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer had a large influence of the news that people received in the late 1800s. The news they offered often was not accurate: Hearst and Pulitzer reported on sensational stories, which were usually highly exaggerated or ficticious. The Spanish American War, many argue, may have been started by William Randolph […]
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Tags: Beben, Cuba, hearst, pulitzer, Spanish American War, U.S.S. Maine, yellow journalism
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The “wall” just moved a little further again. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch recently revealed that he is planning to start a daily digital newspaper exclusively for tablet devices like the iPad. WWD.com reported that the new “newspaper” will be called The Daily and is expected to cost about a dollar a week or four bucks […]
1930’s: The Great Depression dominated most of this decade; Prohibition ends in 1934 Franklin Delano Roosevelt renews hope by using the radio (to conduct fireside chats) and starting a series of programs to boost the economy, otherwise known as the New Deal Fascism was on the rise: Hitler and Nazi party came to power in Germany; Benito Mussolini rose to […]
“The very basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” —Thomas Jefferson, […]
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Tags: American Journalism, bkiml, Brenda Kim, History, history of print journalism
Tags: American Journalism, bkiml, Brenda Kim, History, history of print journalism
Watchdogs. Honest. Gatekeepers. Objective. We have a lot of different words to describe journalist, but some how “trustworthy” never seems to be one of them. It seems the integrity of journalist has been questioned by the public for longer then many of us might realize — since 1648 (at least). In twenty first century journalism […]
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One of the (great?) things that internet journalism has created is the ability for people to “comment” on the news. Have you ever been to a CNN.com article and skimmed through the story just to get to the comments? I have. It can be infuriating and funny at the same time. The “Comment” section has […]
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Tags: CNN, FOX NEWS, gpelkofski, Internet, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Opinion, Ted Koppel, The Washington Post
Tags: CNN, FOX NEWS, gpelkofski, Internet, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Opinion, Ted Koppel, The Washington Post