MMC 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Clay Felker, Investigative Journalism, Citizen Journalism

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Mass Media Communication
• Course: MMC 2604
• Professor: Steve Orlando

Document Summary

Newspapers: the rise and decline of modern journalism. 1690 first north american newspaper public occurrences both foreign and. Domestic shut down very quickly because it criticized the french government. Mid-1890s 1st comic strip, the yellow kid, is born not especially funny and didn"t last very long important advance because it was in color. 1898 adolph ochs buys the new york time. 1948 biggest newspaper blunder ever dewey defeats truman published (truman actually won) chicago daily tribune. 1955 1st underground newspaper, the village voice, is born in grenich village in. Nyc norman mailer covered the alternate side of life in the city. 1960s literary journalism, aka, new journalism, is born. Incorporate literary devices vivid colorful descriptions, writer emersion novel-like writing tom. Wolfe from virgina, dressed in white suit (wore white after labor day, became his trademark) became known as the father of the new journalism. The real father of the new journalism clay felker hired tom wolfe.