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The History of American

Journalism
Warm-up 9/13
 Name one important event in the history of
American media.
Objectives:
 SWBAT
 Understand how the printed press in America
developed
 Understand the development and impact of
radio and television
 Recognize the issues facing journalism today
America’s First Newspapers
 Often were only one long
sheet
 Contained little of what
you would think of as news
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 First continuously
published newspaper: The
Boston News-Letter in
1704
 Published “by authority”
(govt approval)
 Most papers were closely
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supervised by the British


government
Freedom of Press
 What issues do you think might have come
with the British crown controlling the
papers?
 After the Americal Revolution the
newspaper industry grew rapidly.
 Presses were clumsy
 Papers carried little actual news
 New York Sun founded in 1833
 Filled it with news and sold it for a penny
 Inexpensive and sold on the street
 Achieved a mass audience.
Yellow Journalism
 Late 19th century
 Unethical brand of journalism that involved hoaxes,
altered photos, screaming headlines
 William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer
 Severe competition between their two papers
Yellow Journalism cont.
 Spanish American War
 Cuba trying to seek
independence from Spain
 NY World blamed “the
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of the USS Maine
 Contributed to the
unhealthy atmosphere that
resulted in the war
Muckraking
 Post-yellow journalism
 Newspapers developed
a social conscience
 Crusaded for child
labor laws,
 Promoted a new QuickTime™ and a
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 Joined the fight for


social justice
 Saturday Evening Post
Minority Media
 Minority groups began to take on important
roles in American journalism
 African Americans, Native Americans, Asian
Americans, and other minority groups founded
papers sensitive to their issues.
Radio and Television
 A new medium that Americans use as a
news source.
 Do you think there are more regulations in
radio and TV then in print media?

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