Yellow journalism is a style of reporting in which sensationalism is emphasized over facts. Much of its history leads back to being the cause of the rise of much international conflict, especially in the war of Cuba and the sinking of the U.S. battleship the Maine. Today, yellow journalism is used a lot to attract attention […]
Archive for April, 2016
American journalism contribution: Joseph Pulitzer
Posted by: nrodrigo | April 19, 2016 | No Comment |When one thinks of Benjamin Franklin it is difficult to think of him outside the political spectrum. One of the founding fathers of the United States, he contributed much to the Americas in a variety of ways. What some people may not know is that Franklin was more than just a diplomat; he was an author and […]
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Tags: Benjamin Franklin, hugh meredith, Newspaper, nrodrigo, Pennsylvania Gazette, Political cartoon
Every crime reporter has the “story of the century”. Little did Jeffrey Toobin know, his story would represent one of the most significant crime reporting stories in the history of the free press: the coverage of O.J. Simpon’s defense. O.J. Simpson was charged in the 1994 deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The O.J. […]
Citizen journalists taking over news coverage
Posted by: Savannah Norton | April 19, 2016 | No Comment |A new wave of media coverage is taking over it is all coming from our mobile phones and computers. Citizen journalists are taking over media coverage. These “street journalists” are collecting, analyzing and reporting news and information by the general public by using the internet. They are playing an active role in the news citizens […]
A list of news values was put together by media researchers Johan Galtung and Marie Holmboe Ruge in 1965. They analysed international news stories to find out what the formula and factors were for getting them to the top of the “news agenda” worldwide. The list provides a scoring system. It explains that a story […]
When word of mouth takes a turn for the worst
Posted by: Tatyana White-Jenkins | April 19, 2016 | No Comment |By now we can all understand the power of word of mouth. It allows use to spread information to each other and keep up to date on current events. And with the technological advancements we have today, word of mouth is more powerful than ever with information being able to be sent within seconds. But […]
Edward Bernays is considered the first public relations practitioner in the world and a founder of the field. In this case, a public relations practitioner would refer to someone “who draws on the social sciences in order to motivate and shape the response of a general or particular audience”. Bernays was distantly related to Sigmund Freud […]
Ida B. Wells was a prolific activist and muckracker who used her journalistic abilities to expose the brutal lynchings of African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee that were tragically common in the late 1890s. Living in a segregated, post-slavery society, Wells experienced discrimination herself that inspired her to write about the struggles of African Americans at […]
The NBA witnessed one of the most historic ends to the a regular season. ESPN featured three games on the night of April 13, 2016: Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzles at Golden State Warriors, and Utah Jazz at Los Angles Lakers. The Boston Celtics found themselves down 26 points to the Miami Heat […]