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| refers to the prominant story; placed above the fold in the middle of the front page |
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| style of sensationalistic journalism that grew out of the newspaper circulation battle between Joseph Pulizer & William Randolph Hearst |
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| burglary authorized by rogue White House staffers at the Democratic National Convention in the Watergate office & apartment building, & the subsequent cover-up that led to the resignation of Nixon in '74; Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (Washington Post) covered the scandal. |
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11" by 14"; have a visual cover, rather than a traditional front page.
example: AthensNEWS |
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standard newspaper; 17" by 22"
example: The Post |
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| weeklies that serve specialized audiences (gay/lesbian community, racial minorities, young people, etc) |
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| ongoing news story requiring frequent updating |
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| finding a local angle to international/national news stories in an attempt to better relate to he audience |
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genre of newspapers that contained stories important to ethnic communities & minorities
example: Chicago Defender (1905)
Freedom's Journal (1827)
-among 1st
North Star (1847) |
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| *Top 4 National Newspapers |
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1) USA Today
2) Wall Street Journal
3) Christian Science Monitor
4) New York Times |
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- color
- sections color-coded
- short articles
- focus on design & graphics
- "News McNuggest" |
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- longer articles
- grayscale
- more technical, sophisticated |
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| Christian Science Monitor |
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- created in 1896
- first owned by Ocks (sp?)
- long & authoritative articles
- distributed nationally via satellites |
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| uses multimedia o tell long, detailed stories (slideshows, video, & sound); one of the best online newspapers in the country |
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| Top 2 Metropolitan Newspapers |
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1) Washington Post
2) LA Times |
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1) New York Daily News
2) New York Post
3) Rocky Mountain News (web) |
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Publick Occurances
(1690) |
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New York World (1883)
- 1st Sunday comics
- 1st color comics
- 1st sponsored major underground journalist |
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| started with the San Fransico Chronicle, then moved to the east coast to battle with Pultizer- New York Journal |
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| Three genres of newspapers growing in popularity |
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- ethnic newspapers
- alternative newspapers
- local newspapers |
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| *Importance of the online component |
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- uses variety of multimedia
- bullet-point journalism (short sound bytes; easier to read)
- reporters write for web BEFORE print
- citizen imput becoming increasingly important
- better for breaking news; SPEED!
- data-collection centers created
(public records, real estate, etc)
*more profitable!* |
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1) USA Today
2) Wall Street Journal
3) New Yorks Times
4) Los Angeles Times
5) New York Post |
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- Publick Occurances (1690)
- Boston News Letter (1704)
- New England Courant (1721)
- Pennsylvania Gazette (bought in 1729 by Benjamin Franklin) |
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- 1830s
- "newspapers for the people"
- contained actual news
- large amount of copies, low cost
- drew more advertising
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New York Sun (1833, Benjamin Day)
Cleveland Press |
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- chains: corporations that own a significant number of newspapers or other media
- chains own 80% of newspapers
- Gannett is the largest
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- Washington Blade (1969)
- Gay City News (2002)
- New York Blade News (1997) |
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