Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Acta Diurna

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actions of the day, Rome’s newspaper during Caesar’s time

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Corantos

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one page news sheets about specific events

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Nathaniel Butter, Thomas Archer, and Nicholas Bourne

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began printing their own occasional news sheets

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diurnals

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daily newspaper

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Oxford Gazette

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the official voice of the Crown, eventually renamed the London Gazette

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broadsides/ broadsheets

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single-sheet announcements or accounts of events imported from England

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Benjamin Harris printed his own broadside

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Public Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick

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John Campbell

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created Boston Newsletter, it survived until the revolution and was about foreign news, government announcements

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Who wrote the New- England Courant

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James Franklin

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Who was jailed for printing scandalous libels against the government

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James Franklin

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The Pennsylvania Gazette

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Benjamin Franklin established this newspaper

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Peter Zenger

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jailed for criticizing the colony’s royal governor

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Bill of Rights

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first 10 amendments, first amendment was freedom of speech and press

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Freedom’s journal

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first african american newspaper by John B. Russwurm and Rev. Sam Cornish

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Fredrick Douglas

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Ram’s Horn that challenged Benjamin Day’s Sun

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16
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penny press

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one cent newspaper

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The North Star

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most influential to african americans BEFORE civil war- made slogan (Fredrick Douglas)

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Chicago Defender

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AFTER civil war (Fredrick Douglas)

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Benjamin Day wrote

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The New York Sun,

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What was the first of the penny papers

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The New York Sun

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New York Morning Harold and New York Tribune

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both penny papers, written by James Gorden Bennette and Horace Greeley

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wire services

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stem from the penny paper news, pull together to collect news, expanded scope of coverage

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Joseph Pulitzer

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brought the troubled New York World, YELLOW JOURNALISM

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William Randolph Hearst

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tried to use the yellow journalism technique for the San Francisco Examiner

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yellow journalism
giant headlines covering sex, crime, disasters, etc, heavy illustrations
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newspaper chains
papers in different cities across the country owned by a single company
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Wall Street Journal
founded by Charles Dow and Edward Jones
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USA today
nations newspaper
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zoned editions
suburban or regional versions of the paper
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New York Times
daily newspaper similar to time magazine
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Newsday
the 11th largest paper in country
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alternative press
alternative to traditional papers, LA and seattle Weekly
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commuter papers
Washington Post's Express and amNewYork
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feature syndicates
collection of illustraters work, do not gather and distribute news
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Joint Operating Agreement
apart of a newspaper prevention act, when a newspaper is failing and joins with another newspaper to help financially
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firewall
barrier between newspapers' editorial and advertising missions
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Kansas City Star
online newspaper
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paywall
making some content available to those that actually pay- the wall street journal and Newport Daily News
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integrated audience reach
calculating the online and in person audience amounts
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soft news vs. hard news
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