Harry P. Davis had a vision when he convinced his electric company, Westinghouse, to try something that never had been done before. On Nov. 2, 1920, the first commercial radio station, was launched. The station is KDKA, a CBS affiliate that is still running today in Pittsburgh. The first broadcast reported on the returns of […]
Archive for September, 2011
KDKA still going as first commercial radio station
Posted by: rsharpe | September 27, 2011 | No Comment |Happy birthday, Google! Just a few short years and you’ll be borrowing the car and taking your gal YouTube out for a malt and a drive-in movie (kids still do that, right?) So you’re a teenager now. What’s on your wish list for the Big 1-3? A new smart phone? A trip to… Kansas? Kansas City, […]
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 […]
Anderson Cooper has a nightly show on CNN called “Anderson Cooper 360°” where he reports on national and international news events. The show airs at 8 PM nightly on CNN. Cooper is known for reporting on-location from areas where there is breaking news. While he has correspondents film and compile news packages for his broadcast, […]
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Tags: Anderson Cooper, Carrie Delisio, Emmys, media stars, Regis and Kelly
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Carrie Delisio, Emmys, media stars, Regis and Kelly
In 1738, Elizabeth Timothy quickly went into work mode after the death of her husband, Lewis Timothy. With six children ages 13 and under Elizabeth assumed role of publisher and editor of the “South Carolina Gazette,” working side by side with Benjamin Franklin. Credit: http://www.nwhm.org
Travel journalism has been around since 1160, where a rabbi wrote of his travels. In that age, travel news was mainly written. Now it is usually televised or photographed. Regardless of the medium, travel journalism seeks to describe places to an audience. It may be that in this age, we are more visual so these […]
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Tags: Conde Nast Traveller, Lexie Ramage, Marco Polo, travel journalism, travel writing
Tags: Conde Nast Traveller, Lexie Ramage, Marco Polo, travel journalism, travel writing
Athletes and Twitter: Is it worth the risk?
Posted by: patcarroll | September 27, 2011 | No Comment |Trial of the century: How the Lindbergh baby stole all the headlines
Posted by: mashkenaz | September 27, 2011 | No Comment |The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby boy became a media sensation, quite possibly leading to the poorest outcome of all.
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Tags: celebrity, Charles Lindbergh, crime, Lindbergh, Lindbergh kidnapping, Marissa Ashkenaz, Sensationalism
Tags: celebrity, Charles Lindbergh, crime, Lindbergh, Lindbergh kidnapping, Marissa Ashkenaz, Sensationalism
The wonderful world of travel reporting/blogging
Posted by: sarahe | September 26, 2011 | No Comment |There are a number of different ways to document your travels: travel blogs, travel journals, vlogs and even Twitter. Long before Tumblr and Blogger, people actually hand wrote their travels in journals. One of the earliest examples is from Christopher Columbus notes on Marco Polo. Here is a picture: Travel reporting also has origins from […]
Twitter: The global renaissance of spoken news
Posted by: Ramy Zabarah | September 26, 2011 | No Comment |Tablets are the latest craze around the world in 2011. From the iPad, to the Galaxy Tab and now even Amazon wants a crack at it. Sure these things are cool to play with, but did we really think it would change the face of journalism? Sports Illustrated last year created what I think is […]