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Match the statements 1 to 26 with the letters over the page

1. John Milton's 1644 plea for "unlicensed printing".

→ C) "Areopagitica"

2. Subjective writing, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person
narrative.

→ E) Gonzo Journalism

3. An organizational tool used for most news reporting in the 20th century.

→ M) Inverted pyramid

4. His lawyer in 1734 helped define libel as "false, malicious and seditious"

→ I) John Peter Zenger

5. Colloquially: looking for dirt (that will make a damn good story).

→ K) Muckraking

6. The biggest newspaper in the world in the mid-1800s

→ L) New York Herald.

7. Benjamin Day in 1833 pitched it as part of a concept he called the "mass media".

→ T) Penny press

8. Pioneering newspaper in America, which was stopped after only one issue.

→ F) Publick Occurrences

9. Imposed higher taxes on printed matter, enraged colonists.

→ G) Stamp Act

10. A term used to describe the role of the press.

→ H) The Fourth Estate

11. Led to "Blood in the fields, blood on the doorsteps, blood, blood, blood!"

→ A) Yellow Journalism

12. Reformed yellow journalist who left future journalists a rich legacy.

→ R) Joseph Pulitzer

13. Ran the first editorial cartoon: "Join, or die".


→ N) Benjamin Franklin

14. Battled Joseph Pulitzer for power and influence.

→ D) William Randolph Hearst

15. Sholes, Glidden and Soule patented this writing tool.

→ S) The typewriter

16. Led the Massachusetts Spy from nonpartisan to activist for independence.

→ B) Isaiah Thomas

17. Reporter at The Daily Planet in the "Superman" comic strip.

→ O) Lois Lane

18. Printed lots of bibles in the 1450s.

→ Q) Johann Gutenberg

19. Began transmitting photos in 1934.

→ U) Associated Press

20. Launched CNN in 1980.

→ P) Ted Turner

21. One of America’s greatest novelists, who started out as a reporter in Missouri.

→ Y) Ernest Hemingway

22. This newspaper's reporting helped topple President Richard Nixon.

→ J) The Washington Post

23. Publisher of The North Star.

→ X) Frederick Douglass

24. Popularly known as the “inventor of radio”.

→ Z) Marconi

25. It guarantees the freedom of the press in the United States.

→ V) The First Amendment

26. Became famous for her investigative reporting.


→ W) Nellie Bly

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