COREY HOLLIDAYHistory of Journalism
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 1900-1950 Such pioneers as George Creel with his
Committee on Public Information Edward R. Murrow with Murrow’s Boys Robert Capa’s Magnificent 11 David Sarnoff’s Law Ivy Leadbetter Lee, Declaration of
Principles
PHOTOS OF INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
Robert Capa George Creel Edward R. Murrow
David Sarnoff Ivy Leadbetter Lee
POLITICAL FIGURES Woodrow Wilson-14 Points Herbert Hoover-Hoovervilles Warren G. Harding- “Make no Enemies” Franklin D. Roosevelt- Fireside Chats
JOURNALISM IN WAR Nazi Germany Propaganda Atomic Bombing of Japan
AMAZING WOMEN OF JOURNALISM PRE-1950
Margaret Bourke White was the first female war correspondent
Nellie Bly Dorothea Lange
FAMOUS HEADLINES 1900-1950 Hindenburg Disaster Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping WW1 Victory of Germany
HISTORY OF JOURNALISM POST 1950
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE Walter Cronkite Dan Rather Martin Luther Kin Jr. Barbara Walters John F. Kennedy Rupert Murdoch Ted Turner
MEDIA MOGULS 1950-1990
Arthur Kent
Ted Turner
Rupert Murdoch
Walter Cronkite
RADIO Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh
captivate audiences with their shock jock tactics
Created a new genre for hosting radio much different from their predecessors
FAMOUS HEADLINES
Timothy McVae
Columbine Shootings
“If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit”
Rodney King
CONCLUSION I really enjoyed learning about the
people and events that have formed the field of American Journalism. Without their sacrifices and contributions, news and media coverage today would be much different.