In Chapter 3 of Michael Schudson’s book, Discovering the News, he discusses journalism as entertainment from Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World, and journalism as information from the rise of the New York Times. Shudson begins the chapter by discussing how at the beginning of the nineteenth century, there was always a division among […]
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Shudson chapter 3: two journalisms in the 1890s
Posted by: Alex Howard | December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment |Teddy Roosevelt: the man who coined the “muckraker”
Posted by: Alex Howard | December 2, 2009 | 3 Comments |When people think of the term, “muckraker,” what comes to mind are some of the people that changed the history of the world forever. Some of those people include Nellie Bly, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Upton Sinclair, and plenty of others. According to the dictionary, a muckraker is someone who seeks to expose corruption […]
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 […]
Sports reporting on the radio: Where it all began
Posted by: Alex Howard | November 5, 2009 | No Comment |Almost everyone who is a die hard sports fan around the globe has listened to a sports game on the radio before. Whether it be basketball, baseball, football, or soccer, millions of people listen to sports radio. The most popular broadcast on sports radio is arguably our national pastime, the sport of baseball. Major league […]
Today’s front pages: what do they have to offer?
Posted by: Alex Howard | October 21, 2009 | No Comment |For those of you who experienced the Newseum in Washington, D.C., you know about the newspapers in the front of the building. As soon as you reach the Newseum, the front cover of different newspapers from across the country are on display. The point of the museum doing this is to show how each paper […]
O.J. Simpson murder trial: celebrity and sports reporting clash
Posted by: Alex Howard | October 1, 2009 | No Comment |Prior to the year 1994, people thought of O.J. Simpson as a national celebrity, movie star, and Hall of Fame NFL running back. There was no thought in anybody’s mind that a year later this person, who was very popular in the media, would be in a speed chase running away from cops in a […]
Women and Muckraking: what started it all
Posted by: Alex Howard | September 21, 2009 | No Comment |When people think of muckraking, what comes to mind is that term coined by President Teddy Roosevelt. This term has to do with an individual who “rakes the muck” or exposes corruption going on to the public. There were many muckrakers, the majority of them male until reporter Nellie Bly introduced herself to the muckraking industry. Early […]