Electronic Journalism Flashcards
According to an online poll on Time in 2009, who is the most trusted news reporter in America?
Jon Stewart
What percent of our news do we get from TV, newspapers and weeklies, and online and radio?
1/2 = mostly TV 1/4 = newspapers and weeklies 1/4 = online and radio
- What are newsreels?
- Where did the newsreels start?
- What were the used for in WWII
- Short films, usually around 10 minutes that gave news.
- France
- Pro-war propaganda
When/ what was the first regular radio coverage?
Frank Conrad covering the presidential election in 1920
What happened between newspapers and radio?
At first newspapers didn’t see them as a threat, but then they saw them as a foe.
What was the Baltimore Agreement of 1933?
Radio could only have five minute news casts twice daily, and they could not be before 9:30am or 9:00pm
How did radio find a loophole in the Baltimore Agreement of 1933?
They would comment on the news instead of giving it.
When did TV replace the radio?
1950s
What happened to the radio when TV replaced it?
It became all music
What did KFAX in San Francisco do?
Attempted all news but it failed and became religious
Who was Ed Murrow? What is he known for? Who did he challenge?
- A popular radio host who moved to TV in the 1950s.
- Known for documentaries
- He challenged McCarty (who had a “list” of communists)
Who started CNN and when?
1980 by Ted Turner
CNN was the first ______. It was also called the “Chicken Noodle Network” because _____.
- All news TV station
2. it was low budget
When was Fox News created and by whom?
1997 by Roger Ailes
- Why was Fox News created?
- Who helped fund it?
- What helped Fox take off?
- People felt CNN was too
liberal - Rupert Murdoch funded it
- Clinton vs Monica. Fox had a field day with this.
What are two examples of non-traditional news sources?
Al Jazeera and BBC
What are some examples of non-journalism sites?
- Blogs
- News sources that publish themselves
- NBA.com
What is the news cycle like in the digital age?
- 24-hour coverage
- Scoop themselves
- Embargos (would NOT scoop themselves)
In the Nixon vs Kennedy debate what happened?
○ Kennedy came in polished. Nixon did not.
○ People who watched said Kennedy won.
○ People who listened said Nixon won.
What are anchors?
reads the news to you, face of news network
What are correspondents?
Reporters who go and get the stories
What are producers?
In charge of stacking the show and writing much of the material
What are the consultants?
Decides whether or not the audience likes you, can fire you
What are pundits
Take a specific political stance and stick with it
