MCOM72 Week 2 Flashcards
Penny papers
reported local news and crime
Ghost newspaper
devoid of actual news and carries content from other newspaper
Wire Services
relayed news through telegraph and then radio
Yellow journalism
carried more exciting stories and readable copy, had fake news sometimes, dramatic stories
Two types of journalism in late 19th century
story model or just the facts model
Adolph Ochs and the New York Times
targeted educated readers, not yellow journalism
Objective Journalism
factual reports not opinion
Inverted pyramid style
story form for objective reporting
literary journalism
fictional techniques to nonfiction material
First color paper
USA Today
first paper to go online
Columbus dispatch
consensus oriented journalism
stories on local schools, town government, and property crimes
conflict oriented journalism
events and issues that deviate from social norms
why decline of black papers
loss of support from advertisers from civil rights, economic decline
first black newspaper
Freedom’s Journal
Have ads on news paper shrunk over the past two decades
Yes
What do papers rely on to supplement coverage
Wire services
When did decline of newspaper reading start
great depression bc of rise of radio
loss of newspaper associated with
low voter turnout and political corruption
