Thursday

November 14th
2019

YELLOW
JOURNALISM
U . S H I S T O RY
UNIT 3 – WEEK2
 BELLWORK
Answer the following in complete sentences:

• What event ultimately lead to the U.S aiding Cuba in their

fight to become independent from Spain
• Why is t hard to filter out what is truth and what is fiction
in the news and the media?
OBJECTIVE

Students will be able to identify key

factors of Yellow Journalism by analyzing
primary sources.
NEWS IN AMERICA

• By the 1820s more than 500 newspapers and magazines were being
published in the US.
• Between 1870 and 1900 newspaper circulation soared from 2.6
million to 15.1 million copies a day
• Newspapers and magazines made information available to a larger
number of people.
YELLOW
JOURNALISM
This version of news coverage got its name
in reference to the yellow ink used in comic
strips

Reporters used shocking details of murder,

vice, and scandal to grab readers attention.

Focus was on sensationalism:

• eye-catching headlines
• exaggerated descriptions of events
• Strong expressive language
 PULITZER VS.
HEARST
Joseph Pulitzer
• Hungarian born
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch & New
York World
• “ Expose all fraud and sham, fight
all public evils and abuses.”
William Randolph Hearst
Son of a gold mining millionaire
New York Journal
Sensationalized the sinking of the
US Maine to jump to the No 1
newspaper in the US
 PAUSE!

With your partner think of one current

example of Yellow Journalism you’ve
recently seen in the media.
LET’S PRACTICE!

In your groups you will do the following:

Rotate to the different primary sources ( you’ll have 5 minutes at each)

Decide if the source is an example of Yellow Journalism

Fill out the corresponding worksheet as you rotate

 CLOSURE

On a half sheet of paper create an example of an

yellow journalism headline you would see in 2020.

Your headline should also have a corresponding

picture.
Be sure to be creative!
Don’t forget to use expressive language