Reheated off the Presses Flashcards

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Inventing the Interview

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Recent invention

Done by James Gordon Bennet

An American named James Creelman was the first person to interview the president of France

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Erasmus

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Erasmus spent a lot of time traveling Europe, meeting interesting people and connecting them with each other

He wrote extensively, including while riding a horse

His most famous piece is “In Praise of Folly,” a 200-page letter to his friend Thomas More

Erasmus wrote a vast number of letters, which were widely distributed thanks to the printing press

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Taking notes in interviews

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Joseph McCullagh did not take notes until after the interview

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“Prayer”

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From musical “Come from Away”

About stranded people in Gander after 9/11

People of different regions coming together

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Drawing the Times

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Dutch platform founded in 2015

Focus on comics journalism on important global themes

Contests to support graphic journalism from Africa (Scribble Your Story)

Internationally renowned artists such as Olivier Kugler (Germany), Josh Neufeld (USA) and Victoria Lomasko (Russia)

100% female editorial board

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Cartoon Movement

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Wider scope than Drawing Times

Self-proclaimed “Internet’s #1 publishing platform for high quality political cartoons and comics journalism” (likely accurate)

Global reach: Features cartoonists from literally every country

High quality, low quantity

Political issues

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Graphic Journalism

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Comics journalist David Chappatte

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The Nib

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Edited by Eleri Harris

Graphic journalist Matt Bors

Delivers engaging and provocative social commentary in the form of political cartoons and satire, comics journalism, and non-fiction writing

Titles like ‘Trump’s Twitter Was Deleted And For A Brief 11 Minutes, We Were All Happy Again’

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Symbolia

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Erin Polgreen & Joyce Rice

Digital magazine for tablets

Mostly female-run venture

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The Daily Show

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Host is Jon Stewart

Unique blend of comedy and news

A lot of people trust the Daily Show over “serious” news sources

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Last Week Tonight

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John Oliver

John Oliver has insisted he’ s not involved in any of those activities. “I wouldn’t say I’m a basketball player because I like basketball,” he told a group of people who call themselves journalists earlier this week. “I am not a journalist. I think that’s factually clear.”

Similar to “The Daily Show”

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24-hour news cycle

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24-hour investigation and reporting of news, concomitant with fast-paced lifestyles

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Pivot to video

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A phrase referring to the trend where media publishing companies cutting staff resources for written content in favour of short-form video content

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iPhoneography

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The act of making media using an iPhone

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Explanatory journalism

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A form of reporting that presents news stories by providing greater context than normally presented in traditional news sources

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AI-assisted articles

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The use of artificial intelligence technologies to generate written content

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Content farms

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A company that employs freelance writers or uses automated tools to generate a large amount of textual web content which is specifically designed for the algorithm

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Clickbait

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The practice of writing sensationalised or misleading headlines in order to attract clicks on a piece of content

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Branded content

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Content produced by an advertiser or content whose creation was funded by an advertiser

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Both-sidesism

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A media bias in which journalists present an issue as being more balanced between opposing viewpoints than the evidence supports (also known as false balance)

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Lincon’s Assassination

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John Wilkes Booth

Ford theater

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Saving Penguins

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A wildlife film crew saved a group of penguins trapped in a ravine

This is normally against the rules for wildlife filmmakers to avoid affecting the natural world

Veteran wildlife cameraman Doug Allan thinks the crew’s action is understandable because they created an escape route instead of directly moving the penguins.

Another filmmaker Philip Hoare shared a similar experience where he had to make a difficult decision on intervening with nature.

The series executive producer Mike Gunton defended the crew’s decision because it was a very unusual situation

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Eva’s Final Broadcast

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From Evita

Eve Peron- died of cancer and wanted to be vice president of Argentina

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Retracting a statement from an interview

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William Jennings Bryan retracted a statement after consulting with his wife

Charles Dane makes sure that everyone is aware about what is being published

Edward Price Bell takes the confirmation from interviewee as authorisation

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Explanatory Journalism

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Vox

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Public Sphere

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Juren Habermas

Erasmus

Where people discuss about society they live in

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How is modern journalism changing

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Increase in fake news

Independent Media

Audio based journalism

Social Media

Online platforms