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What was the first newspaper printed?
Publick Occurrences
Boston Globe
New York Times
Boston Herald
What does it mean to for a paper to be published "with authority"?
The writers knew what they were talking about.
The government told the paper what to write.
The paper had the government's approval.
What was the first daily newspaper called?
Washington Post
Patriot Post
Pennsylvania Post
New York Post
Why were the penny press newspapers called "penny press"?
You could buy one for five pennies.
The first publisher was named Penny.
They all ran pictures of Abraham Lincoln, who was on the penny.
They cost 1 cent.
What year did the court case occur that established truth as a defense against libel?
1715
1735
1776
1800
Journalists who investigated corruption, social institutions, and politics and promoted social responsibility were called ________________________.
yellow journalists
editors
muckrakers
newsies
___________________ was the pen name of a journalist who pretended to be mentally ill and was committed to New York's Blackwell Insane Asylum in order to write a story about the poor conditions of the asylum.
William Heart
Andrew Hamilton
Dorothea Lange
Nellie Bly
The inverted pyramid style of journalism puts the ___________________ facts in the first paragraph.
first
names and dates of
most important
least important
In the mid 1890s, a style of journalism called ________________________ began that involved hoaxes, sensationalism, cheap melodrama, and frauds.
muckraking
yellow journalism
false journalism
photojournalism
The reporters, editors, photographers, producers and camera crews who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's important or interesting are called ____________________.
journalists
staffers
sources
gaffers
Channels of communication that reach a large audience are called _______________________.
televisions
broadcasts
radios
mass media
What was the first lasting US radio network?
ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
A ___________________ is a group of stations that broadcast the same programs at the same time.
monopoly
convergence
radio
network
To be ____________________ is to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue.
objective
subjective
biased
quiet
People who supply reporters with information are called __________________.
editors
correspondents
rats
sources
Editors, producers, publishers, and other managers who filter the information they obtain from reporters are called _________________________.
correspondents
keymasters
gatekeepers
mean
Journalists on the front line are called _______________________.
editors
correspondents
sources
gatekeeperss
This newspaper, published in 1704, was the first newspaper published with authority.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Times
The Boston Pops
The Boston News-Letter
___________________ refers to the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some people to be objectionable.
Plagiarism
Editing
Censorship
Libel
What did the first newscast broadcast in 1916?
World Series
Super Bowl
Presidential Debate
Presidential Elections
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