Apush Unit 5 Vocab

If you google “Who paved the way for journalism”, and scroll past all the specific ones, like “who paved the way for female, black, etc.” and find who paved the way for everyone, chances are, you’ll find an article about Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. If this name rings a bell, it may be because Arizona State University named it’s journalism school after him, the Cronkite School of Journalism. This being an honor, for ASU is actually highly ranked in many categories and to be a namesake must mean that he created a great impact, and he did.

The Platt Amendment states that the United States has the ability to interfere at various points in Cuba’s history. This gave America the ability to better serve its own interests in the region,

Joseph Pulitzer, was born April 10, 1847, Makó, Hung.— and died Oct. 29, 1911, Charleston, he is an American daily paper editor ,manager and distributer who helped build up the cutting edge's example daily paper, he was a standout amongst the most effective columnists in the United States. He always said “The power to mould the future of the republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.”

the media during his time and more specifically the late 1800s. Pulitzer was born on

U.S. Journalism was never the same after Adolph Ochs took over The New York Times. Adolph Ochs and The New York Times considerably impacted U.S. journalism when Adolph Ochs became the publisher of The New York Times, causing major changes to take place. The impact reverberates to this day. By examining Ochs’s life we can see what influences and experiences he had in his life that made him the man he was. What made him the man that not only made The New York Times profitable but also the greatest and most revolutionary newspaper to ever exist.

In 1872 Joseph Pulitzer was known as a tireless journalist. That year he was given an opportunity to have a controlling interest in this

Tom Wolfe is an American journalist and novelist who created New Journalism. He started his career in the 1950’s as a reporter, and upon finishing graduate school Wolfe was hired by the Washington Post. His disinterest in politics set him apart from his peers, and he instead chose to focus on foreign reporting. From there, he began to work for the Herald-Tribune as a daily reporter. He also began to delve into writing books, which is what he would become best known for.

It was the 1890’s New York City. Joseph Pulitzer’s paper, the New York World, had become the highest circulated newspaper in only two years after its creation. For the average price of 2 cents, readers could get triple the amount of pages than the next competitor. His stories were largely typical of the time, but would include a few attention-grabbing headlines in each paper. In his success, he had gained a loyal readership and was known as a sensible man.

In the 1950s and 60s America, a silent alteration engulfed a generation of young reporters and writers which came to be known as New Journalism. Journalism that blended fiction with fact and had the likes of Norman Mailer and Truman Capote committed to its style. Norman Mailer once declared that he "felt that (he) had some dim intuitive feeling that what was wrong with all journalism is that the reporter tended to be objective and that that was one of the great lies of all

“The Aloha State” became the 50th state in 1959, but the history of Hawaii goes back centuries earlier. Roughly 1,500 years ago, Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands first set foot on Hawaii Island. With only the stars to guide them, they miraculously sailed over 2000 miles in canoes to migrate to the Islands. 500 years later, settlers from Tahiti arrived, bringing their beliefs in gods and demi-gods and instituting a strict social hierarchy based on a kapu (taboo) system. Hawaiian culture flourished over the centuries, giving rise to the art of the hula and the sport of surfing, but land division conflicts between ruling chieftains were common. In 1778, Captain James Cook, landed on Kauai at Waimea Bay. Naming the archipelago the "Sandwich

Rupert Murdoch’s the man who owns the news. Rupert Murdoch’s a powerful man who owns a large part of the news was being the engulfing in a scandal. He has gained public attention around the world story about him featuring crimes, abuse of power and even a cover-up. Rupert Murdoch’s was a man who loved gossip he made most of his profit from the story that had gossip on them real or fake people believed what he wrote. Putting out story after story many becoming Victim of his tabloid news. Anybody who stood in Rupert Murdoch’s way was a target. Rupert Murdoch’s ran his company as reward and punishment to work for Rupert Murdoch’s you had to write 12 big stories a year one for every month you’ll be fired. This made many reporters who worked for

William Randolph Hearst was an influential figure in the late 19th and early 20th century through his domination of the American media for almost half a century. Through his use of sensationalistic and yellow journalism, Hearst successfully built his news corporation, Hearst Communications, which at its height of prevalence owned over 30 American newspapers, 18 magazines and several radio stations.

Despite many attempts at a political career and only some success, the American public mostly supported Hearst in one endeavor: publishing. Hearst reached large audiences through his newspaper and advertising techniques, creating stiff competition among other publishers. He dominated most of the industry, making him the “ruler of the newspaper empire.” William Randolph Hearst, well-known for his reputation as an American publisher, editor, and business owner, influenced mass media by creating the ideas of Yellow Journalism and sensationalism.

It seems like now day’s people always have a negative view of the media but how is it that the younger generations already have a negative view of the media. This is because we are taught to have a negative view of the media. The media is not seen as a good thing but more like a necessary evil. Historians view the media in different ways but some think that the only reason that we view the media in such a negative light is because we are taught from a young age not to think highly of the media when it is the only thing that we have to give us news. Even though we do not like it we still watch, listen and read the news that is given to us. Joseph Pulitzer may be better known for having a

Not only was he a journalist he was also a publisher and printer. He was rather successful in this area and it could be due to the fact that he would be neutral on subjects and scrutinize all sides of an issue and several perspectives on those issues would be published. He completely understood the meaning of the freedom of the press, and he wouldn’t limit the information he knows to the people in America.