A few days ago I watched the Frontline documentary ‘Chasing Heroin’. It was trending on my timeline, having been shared thousands of times and described as a searing film about an epidemic. That epidemic? Heroin. It’s a well-made film, typical of Frontlines with a strong journalistic edge. It is in fact searing and worth […]
Posts tagged with History
Crack v. Heroin : because history will repeat itself.
Posted by: jcausey2 | March 29, 2016 | No Comment |
under: Comm 455, Uncategorized
Tags: cocaine, crack, frontlines, History, jacquelynne causey, media coverage, Political Reporting, Politics, war on drugs
Tags: cocaine, crack, frontlines, History, jacquelynne causey, media coverage, Political Reporting, Politics, war on drugs
Let’s face it, the average person doesn’t care about another history figure from the time of Jesus. Peter the first might as well be Peter Pan. It’s an unfortunate reality, but understandable when we’re inundated with information. Overwhelmed or not, there is one man that’s bound to show up in trivia that you need to […]
Thomas Nelson Conrad of Fairfax Court House, Virginia was the third president of Virginia Tech. He played an active role in influencing Blacksburg as the location of choice for the new college, and was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War. And fashion saved his life. A troop of Union cavalry watched him enter […]
under: Comm 455, Local news
Tags: Captain Thomas Conrad, Civil War, Confederacy, Coronet magazine, fashion, History, Kponcian, local news, marriage, Virginia Tech
Tags: Captain Thomas Conrad, Civil War, Confederacy, Coronet magazine, fashion, History, Kponcian, local news, marriage, Virginia Tech
Long before America was declared an independent country, the first magazines were being published. From these beginnings, they largely covered the following topics: commerce, politics, manners, society, and women. Why did magazines discuss women so much? Articles about women were largely published because in both the pre and post decades of revolutionary America, where were […]
Catalonia: A history of oppression and disrespect
Posted by: brianjblend | October 28, 2014 | 1 Comment |On September 11, 1714, after 14 months of siege, Barcelona fell to Spanish forces fighting for the Borbon king Phillip V; thus sealing the fate of the, then independent, Principality of Catalonia as one of Spain’s conquered communities. Following years of industrialization and rapid economic growth, in 1913 Catalonia was able to assert itself and […]
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Tags: anarchism, catalan, catalonia, communism, fascism, franco, History, independence, Propaganda, spain, Spanish Civil War
Tags: anarchism, catalan, catalonia, communism, fascism, franco, History, independence, Propaganda, spain, Spanish Civil War
The impact of daily newspapers on business in the 18th century
Posted by: kponcian | October 28, 2014 | No Comment |In London in 1730, The Daily Advertiser began publication. This daily newspaper offered advertising space with news of politics, commerce, and society. Stanley Morison, a journalism historian, stated in our book that The Daily Advertiser was the “first modern newspaper” that “gained a hold on the commercial classes which it never lost.” This success caused […]
under: Comm 455, Local news, newspapers
Tags: 18th century, British newspapers, business, daily newspapers, History, Kponcian, local newspapers, newspapers
Tags: 18th century, British newspapers, business, daily newspapers, History, Kponcian, local newspapers, newspapers
It was a typical Tuesday afternoon on July 1, 1941. The Dodgers and Phillies were getting ready to kick off their match. About 4000 people who weren’t at the game tuned into their televisions sets. And at exactly 2:29 pm, history was made. The first ever legal TV commercial aired. On May 2, 1941, the […]
the most radical founder of them all: Thomas Paine
Posted by: brianjblend | September 29, 2014 | No Comment |Thomas Paine was an influential British American political theorist who authored one of the most influential essays in American history known as Common Sense. The pamphlet, written in 1776, inspired Patriots to declare independence from Britain. His ideas were entrenched in Enlightenment-era classical liberalism and were the prevailing ideology behind the patriotic cause. […]
A brief history of the first American magazine
Posted by: bbukovic | September 29, 2014 | No Comment |Magazines are publications that run on a regular schedule and are funded by subscription rates. The first magazine ever printed was published in Germany in the late 17th century. Less than 100 years later, with the idea of the magazine haven taken off as a form of journalism, a younger Ben Franklin decided to embrace […]
The British Broadcasting Company, or BBC, is the largest media source in the world, employing about 23,000 staff members. The BBC not only reports the news, but produces television, music, and other genres of entertainment and information. It’s quite diverse, the say the very least. What’s so interesting about the BBC as well is the […]
Launched on June 1, 1980 Ted Turner’s Cable News Network (CNN) continued people’s innate desire for news. CNN was the first 24-hour cable news program. CNN gave us “the sights as well as the sounds of the news became available 24 hours a day,” as Mitchell Stephens notes in his book “A History of the News.” Before […]
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Tags: 1980, Cable News Network, CNN, Comm 455, Helena Okolicsanyi, Helenaokolicsanyi, History, News, Ted Turner, Television
Tags: 1980, Cable News Network, CNN, Comm 455, Helena Okolicsanyi, Helenaokolicsanyi, History, News, Ted Turner, Television
Have you heard of The Village Voice? It began as a neighborhood paper in Greenwich Village but ultimately changed journalism. As Louis Menand explains in “It Took A Village: How the Voice changed journalism,” The Village Voice changed what it meant to be a journalist. The Village Voice was founded by Norman Mailer, Dan Wolf […]
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Tags: Heather Blevins, History, Journalism, journalism history, news history, Superblog, The Village Voice, timeline
Tags: Heather Blevins, History, Journalism, journalism history, news history, Superblog, The Village Voice, timeline