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 […]
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The Washington Post released an article called “Sweet and Sour” by Marta Zaranska this week that was quite interesting, to say the least. The article described a plethora of research and increase in studying a potential psychological-olfactory correlation. According to the article, in essence, mood and taste buds are linked. According to studies, your mood […]
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Tags: Comm 445, Danni Holland, Experiment, Journalism, Mood, Psychology, Study, Taste, Washington Post
Tags: Comm 445, Danni Holland, Experiment, Journalism, Mood, Psychology, Study, Taste, Washington Post
On February 26, 2016, FIFA elected Gianni Infantio as the new president replacing Sepp Blatter. Infantio previously served as the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) General Secretary. The election of Infantio comes after a three year investigation leading to indictments of 14 people involved with FIFA and sports firms by the U.S. Justice Department. […]
German contributions to journalism: The printing press
Posted by: Alec Moore | February 16, 2016 | No Comment |Though Germany has made many contributions to journalism, none are comparable to the invention of Johannes Gutenberg. Though printing presses were already a popular technology at the time, the simple invention of movable type would change the world. Before Gutenberg’s invention, printing was both a time consuming and incredibly expensive process. In fact, during Gutenberg’s […]
Celebrity reporting will always be popular
Posted by: Savannah Norton | February 2, 2016 | No Comment |We live in an age where we know what color dress stars like Angelina Jolie wore to a red carpet event five seconds after she steps out of the limo or what Duchess, Kate Middleton is saying in an interview after her engagement in a web article, an hour later. The internet, television shows like […]