Chapter 8: Newspapers

Question 1

Ghost newspapers

Answer 1

Not much actual local news, and often carry syndicated content from other newspapers.

Question 2

Two general types of newspapers:

Answer 2

Political and commercial

Question 3

Partisan press

Answer 3

This pushes the strategy of the political party that created the paper.

Question 4

Penny papers

Answer 4

lower cost for newspapers because of replacing mechanical presses for steam-powered presses.

Question 5

Human interest stories

Answer 5

News accounts of focusing on daily trials and triumphs of the human condition.

Question 6

Wire services

Answer 6

commercial organizations that relayed news stories and info around the country and world. (First used telegraph lines -> then to radio waves and digital transmission..

Question 7

Yellow journalism

Answer 7

(penny press triggered it) era in which papers carried exciting human-interest stories, crime news, large headlines, and more readable copies; overly dramatic stories.

Question 8

Investigative journalism

Answer 8

news reports that hunt out and expose corruption, particularly in business and government.

Question 9

Objective journalism

Answer 9

This distinguishes factual reports from opinion columns

Question 10

Inverted pyramid style

Answer 10

This is a story form for packaging and presenting objective reporting.