Comm455/History of Journalism

Twitter  and social media in general has revolutionized we do just about everything.

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The Internet. It’s bigger than every newspaper, television network, radio station and CB line combined. The transfer of information from one side of the world, once taking days, weeks, or even months, is now instantaneous. Through the brilliance of Skype, my next-door neighbor can speak face to face with members of his family back in […]

The Onion. How is it so popular? I have never appealed to it, but maybe I’m just a weirdo who focuses on reality. A satirical newspaper is so unnecessary to me. We already have SNL poking fun, lets leave the news medium we love so much alone. Maybe I’m just jealous. This article on Yahoo! […]

Celebrating Osama Bin Laden’s death. Rashard Mendenhall of the Pittsburgh Steelers was not in a celebratory mood.  The fourth year running back took to his twitter account and expressed his anger over the celebration along with his belief Bin Laden did not order the attack. The post sparked outrage among fans across the country forcing […]

When I first heard Borders was going out of business, my first thought was “where else was I going to get such good coffee?” Yea, I didn’t think about the books. I have the Kindle App on my phone. I have google books. I have Barns & Noble as well as the other bookstores in […]

The earliest newspapers played it safe by limiting coverage to foreign news.  Why risk publishing something the monarch or church didn’t like? In 2011, one of the most common complaints about U.S. media is that it doesn’t cover international news as much as other countries do.  Why?  Nathan Lustig, a successful college-aged entrepreneur, blogger and […]