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Why was the New York Times dubbed "The Old Gray Lady"?
Answer: Its focus on objective facts -
In 1900, citizens who read a Hearst newspaper, like the Chicago American or New York Journal, read a firsthand account of devastation written by journalist Annie Laurie. Her writing helped bring the story of what devastating event to people and inspired them to donate more than $350,000 in relief efforts?
Answer: Galveston flood -
Raymond was a meatpacker working in one of Chicago's big four meat companies in 1904. The conditions were so awful that Raymond and his coworkers went on strike. Conditions might not have improved if what hadn't happened?
Answer: Upton Sinclair writing The Jungle -
Blogger Matt Drudge beat traditional news outlets and was the first to break the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky story. What could he do as a blogger that more traditional journalists could not?
Answer: He could publish on his own schedule. -
Muckrakers got their name from a speech given by whom?
Answer: Roosevelt -
What need spurred the birth of the paparazzi?
Answer: The 24-hour news cycle needed more fuel. -
How did the "Sob Sisters" get their name?
Answer: They were good at creating emotion in their writing. -
An illustrated weekly was also known as what?
Answer: magazine -
Franklin was a reporter working for the New York Journal in 1894. His boss William Randolph Hearst wanted to create the most scandalous content for readers to sell more papers. What story was he most likely to have Franklin report on?
Answer: rumors about plots to sink a US battleship in Cuba -
Rhonda was watching her favorite soap opera "As the World Turns" when, for the first time ever, CBS broke into regular programming to cover breaking news. What event were they reporting on?
Answer: the assassination of President Kennedy -
Floyd Gibbons' account of the sinking of what ship helped put pressure on the United States to enter World War 1?
Answer: Lusitania -
Which journalist did NOT practice yellow journalism?
Answer: Ochs -
In 2019, Andrew Howard, a journalism major at Arizona State University, wrote a story for the campus newspaper that led to the resignation of the US special envoy for Ukraine. What type of journalist would Howard be known as?
Answer: muckraker -
When Elsie and her boyfriend Robert went to the movies in the 1920s, what were they most likely to see on the screen before the feature-length motion picture?
Answer: newsreels about the war -
During the 1900 Galveston flood, women trying to report on the devastation were being turned away. That did not deter one female journalist who dressed as a boy to get her story. Who was she?
Answer: Annie Laurie
Why was the New York Times dubbed "The Old Gray Lady"?
(1 point)
the inclusion of business in its pages
Its focus on objective facts
the color of the building
its reputation in NYC as boring
In 1900, citizens who read a Hearst newspaper, like the Chicago American or New York Journal, read a firsthand account of devastation written by journalist Annie Laurie. Her writing helped bring the story of what devastating event to people and inspired them to donate more than $350,000 in relief efforts?
(1 point)
San Francisco earthquake
Lindbergh kidnapping
Galveston flood
World War I
Raymond was a meatpacker working in one of Chicago's big four meat companies in 1904. The conditions were so awful that Raymond and his coworkers went on strike. Conditions might not have improved if what hadn't happened?
(1 point)
The Great Chicago Fire
Upton Sinclair writing The Jungle
the New York World doing an expose
a union mediator interfering
Blogger Matt Drudge beat traditional news outlets and was the first to break the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky story. What could he do as a blogger that more traditional journalists could not?
(1 point)
He could publish a false story without facing any repercussions.
He could publish on his own schedule.
He could pay sources to say what he wanted.
He had direct access to talk to the President.
Muckrakers got their name from a speech given by whom?
(1 point)
Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Pulitzer
Hearst
What need spurred the birth of the paparazzi?
(1 point)
The 24-hour news cycle needed more fuel.
Citizens made direct requests.
Some celebrities approached the news stations with the idea.
Celebrities became too secretive for the general public.
How did the "Sob Sisters" get their name?
(7 point)
They cried a lot.
Their last names were Sob
They were good at creating emotion in their writing.
They reported on only sad events..
An illustrated weekly was also known as what?
(1 point)
comic stnp
magazine
trust newsletter
yellow journalism
Franklin was a reporter working for the New York Journal in 1894. His boss William Randolph Hearst wanted to create the most scandalous content for readers to sell more papers. What story was he most likely to have Franklin report on?
(1 point)
the outcome of the Yankees vs. Louisville Colonels baseball game
rumors about plots to sink a US battleship in Cuba
President Cleveland's latest address
a burglary in Manhattan
Rhonda was watching her favorite soap opera "As the World Turns" when, for the first time ever, CBS broke into regular programming to cover breaking news. What event were they reporting on?
(1 point)
the end of the Vietnam war
the Watergate scandal
the assassination of President Kennedy
Apollo 11 landing on the moon
Floyd Gibbons' account of the sinking of what ship helped put pressure on the United States to enter World War 1?
(1 point)
Laconia
Hindenburg
Lusitania
Titanic
Which journalist did NOT practice yellow journalism?
(f point)
Pulitzer
Hearst
Ochs
Laurie
In 2019, Andrew Howard, a journalism major at Arizona State University, wrote a story torthe campus newspaper that led to the resignation of the US special envoy for Ukraine. What type of journalist would Howard be known as?
(point)
broadcast journalist
yellow journalist
"Deep Throat
muckraker
When Elsie and her boyfriend Robert went to the movies in the 1920s, what were they most likely to see on the screen before the feature-length motion picture?
(1 point)
trivia
an ad for cars
a short movie about the theater
newsreels about the war
During the 1900 Galveston flood, women trying to report on the devastation were being turned away. That did not deter one female journalist who dressed as a boy to get her story. Who was she?
(1 point)
Annie Laurie
Dorothy Dix
Ada Patterson
Anne Frank
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