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Chapter 6- Newspapers
A review for the JOUR101 midterm
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Journalism
Undergraduate 1
10/07/2007

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above the fold
Definition
refers to the prominant story; placed above the fold in the middle of the front page
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*yellow journalism
Definition
style of sensationalistic journalism that grew out of the newspaper circulation battle between Joseph Pulizer & William Randolph Hearst
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*Watergate scandal
Definition
burglary authorized by rogue White House staffers at the Democratic National Convention in the Watergate office & apartment building, & the subsequent cover-up that led to the resignation of Nixon in '74; Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (Washington Post) covered the scandal.
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tabloid newspapers
Definition
11" by 14"; have a visual cover, rather than a traditional front page.

example: AthensNEWS
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broadsheet newspapers
Definition
standard newspaper; 17" by 22"

example: The Post
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*alternative papers
Definition
weeklies that serve specialized audiences (gay/lesbian community, racial minorities, young people, etc)
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*breaking news
Definition
ongoing news story requiring frequent updating
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*hyperlocalism
Definition
finding a local angle to international/national news stories in an attempt to better relate to he audience
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*black press
Definition
genre of newspapers that contained stories important to ethnic communities & minorities

example: Chicago Defender (1905)
Freedom's Journal (1827)
-among 1st
North Star (1847)
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*Top 4 National Newspapers
Definition
1) USA Today
2) Wall Street Journal
3) Christian Science Monitor
4) New York Times
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USA Today
Definition
- color
- sections color-coded
- short articles
- focus on design & graphics
- "News McNuggest"
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Wall Street Journal
Definition
- longer articles
- grayscale
- more technical, sophisticated
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Christian Science Monitor
Definition
- serious articles
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New York Times
Definition
- created in 1896
- first owned by Ocks (sp?)
- long & authoritative articles
- distributed nationally via satellites
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Rocky Mountain News
Definition
uses multimedia o tell long, detailed stories (slideshows, video, & sound); one of the best online newspapers in the country
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Top 2 Metropolitan Newspapers
Definition
1) Washington Post
2) LA Times
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Top 3 Tabloids
Definition
1) New York Daily News
2) New York Post
3) Rocky Mountain News (web)
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1st American Newspaper
Definition
Publick Occurances
(1690)
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Joseph Pultizer
Definition
New York World (1883)
- 1st Sunday comics
- 1st color comics
- 1st sponsored major underground journalist
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William Randolph Hearst
Definition
started with the San Fransico Chronicle, then moved to the east coast to battle with Pultizer- New York Journal
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Three genres of newspapers growing in popularity
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- ethnic newspapers
- alternative newspapers
- local newspapers
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*Importance of the online component
Definition
- uses variety of multimedia
- bullet-point journalism (short sound bytes; easier to read)
- reporters write for web BEFORE print
- citizen imput becoming increasingly important
- better for breaking news; SPEED!
- data-collection centers created
(public records, real estate, etc)

*more profitable!*
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Top 5 Daily Newspapers
Definition
1) USA Today
2) Wall Street Journal
3) New Yorks Times
4) Los Angeles Times
5) New York Post
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Colonial Publishing
Definition
- Publick Occurances (1690)
- Boston News Letter (1704)
- New England Courant (1721)
- Pennsylvania Gazette (bought in 1729 by Benjamin Franklin)
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*penny press
Definition
- 1830s
- "newspapers for the people"
- contained actual news
- large amount of copies, low cost
- drew more advertising

examples:
New York Sun (1833, Benjamin Day)
Cleveland Press
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*newspaper conglomerates
Definition
- chains: corporations that own a significant number of newspapers or other media

- chains own 80% of newspapers

- Gannett is the largest
(also has highest profits)
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*gay press
Definition
- Washington Blade (1969)

- Gay City News (2002)

- New York Blade News (1997)
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