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History of Journalism
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Journalism
10th Grade
06/15/2011

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Elizabeth Cochrane/Nellie Bly
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Undercover writer for Pulitzer’s World, went to a mad house and around the world in 72 days
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Joseph Pulitzer
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Publisher of the NY World, Lord of Yellow Journalism, fought over the Yellow Kid
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Ann Coulter
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Right wing commentator and political columnist who wrote 7 books
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Geraldo Rivera
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Won the Pulitzer Price for exposing conditions in mental hospital, became trashy, had his nose broken on live TV
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H.L. Mencken
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Best opinion writer ever, always had a cigar, wrote “American Language,” known as “Sage of Baltimore”
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Elijah Lovejoy
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1st martyr of journalism
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Louella Parsons
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Gossip columnist from San Francisco, hired by Hearst in NYC
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John Peter Zenger
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1st case of libel, proved that truth is the best defense against libel
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Benjamin Day
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His paper published the moon hoax story, invented the penny press
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William Randolph Hearst
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Publisher of the New York Morning Journal (Lord of Yellow Journalism)
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Adolph Ochs
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Publisher of the NY Times, strived to publish only the news that was fit to print and remain objective during Yellow Journalism time period
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Ernie Pyle
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Reporter of World War 2 who lived with soldiers and wrote about their day-to-day experiences, died in combat in Japan, was an innovator for field reporting
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Mike Royko
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Chicago columnist who wrote a column 6-7 days a week, “Slats Grodnick” was his alter ego he wrote about
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Tom Wolfe
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1st New Journalist
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Walter Chronkite
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Most Trusted Man in America, covered JFK on CBS
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Katie Couric
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CBS evening news anchor who was on the Today Show, 1st female lone anchor
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P.J. O’Rourke
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Gonzo journalist with political satire
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Rupert Murdoch
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Creator of Fox news, NY Post and Wall St Journal, owns everything
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Hunter Thompson
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Sports editor turned Gozno journalist
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Edward R. Murrow
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Had a tell-tale cigarette, took on Senator Joe McCarthy during the Red Scare on TV
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Matt Drudge
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1st important Internet web blogger, published story on his site about Monica Lewinksy and President Bill Clinton
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Horace Greely
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Publisher of the Tribune, ran for President
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Paula Zahn
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Hired on CNN the day of 9/11, really good journalist
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Bill O’Reilly
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Conservative commentator on Fox news, very controversial
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Ida Tarbell
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Muckraker who wrote about corruption of Standard Oil Co.
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Publick Occurances, Both Domistick and Foreign
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1st American newspaper
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Penny Press Era
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When price of news was dropped to make them more available (era of news boys)
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Yellow Journalism
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When journalists fabricated stories to make them sound more interesting and sell more papers
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Jazz Journalism
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Era of tabloids and when immigration became popular, Golden Age of photography
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New Journalism
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More opinionated and personal views, literary conventions
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Internet Journalism
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More information than ever before, more interactive
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Telegraph
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Created the inverted pyramid story design in case information got cut halfway through for downed lines
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Gonzo Journalism
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An extreme form of New Journalism
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