Journalism+in+America

__Tuesday, December 4 & Wednesday, December 5__ Today's assignment will focus on how media coverage changed at the dawn of the 20th century. Two types of journalism emerged in this era in American history: YELLOW JOURNALISM & MUCKRAKING. This assignment is due at the conclusion of class WEDNESDAY, December 5th.

Create a [|PREZI] in which you answer the questions somewhere on your presentation. You submit your completed Prezi to the link on the bottom of the page by the end of the day (WEDNESDAY, DEC 5th).

Please incorporate pictures/graphics and video in your Prezi to show understanding.

Use the provided links to answer questions 1-6.
 * 1) Define what is meant by the term ** ** [|YELLOW JOURNALISM]. **
 * 2) What event in American history did the print media first use[| YELLOW JOURNALISM] ? **
 * 3) What is a potential remedy to [|YELLOW JOURNALISM]? **
 * 4) What is meant by the term [|MUCKRAKING]? **
 * 5) What U.S. President actually created the term "[|MUCK-RAKE]?" **
 * 6) What were two targets of [|MUCKRAKING] journalists in the early 20th century? **
 * 7) Recognizing what YELLOW JOURNALISM is, find a current event story from an internet source and describe in 3-4 sentences of how it is an example of this type of journalism. How is the story being stretched or sensationalized? Note after your summary the website you found your story on. **
 * 8) ** ** Recognizing what MUCKRAKING is, find a current event story from an internet source and describe in 3-4 sentences of how it is an example of this type of journalism. Think of the following, what issue is being exposed? What change is desired by the journalist? ** ** Note after your summary the website you found your story on. **
 * 9) Once finished, look in the lower right hand corner of your prezi... you need to changed your settings to PUBLIC before you submit the url to the form below.**

__[|SUBMIT YOUR COMPLETED MEDIA ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT TO THIS LINK]__



**//Check out the following examples before completing #s 7 & 8. You MAY NOT use the same topic/issues/individuals/stories from the examples - Think critically and complete the task!//** [|YELLOW JOURNALISM EXAMPLE] [|Yellow Journalism Example #2] [|MUCKRAKING EXAMPLE]

=Think about how the following relates to the practice of YELLOW JOURNALISM:=