Category Archives: Chapter 6

Link Ch.6 – How VTech’s Collegiate Times covered the 2011 shooting on campus

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The student journalists at Virginia Tech’s Collegiate Times had the best coverage in the country during December 8, 2011’s shooting deaths of two people on the VTech campus.  Here are two blog posts I wrote as their reporting was unfolding: … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – Alternative Papers

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Here are links to several of the alternative papers discussed in the newspaper chapter of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World.  Please note that these papers at times may contain R-rated type language and imagery. Chicago Defender One of … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – Top Ten U.S. Newspapers

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Here are links to the top ten newspapers in the United States: Wall Street JournalNote that most of the WSJ’s content is available only to paid subscribers. New York Times It’s not the biggest paper, but it is the most … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – Edward R. Murrow in London

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Former NPR anchor Bob Edwards talks about the importance of the legendary radio and television broadcaster Edward R. Murrow.

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Link Ch. 6 – New York Daily News DEAD! cover

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Jesús Marrone wrote his doctoral dissertation on front covers of publications, and has a lot of great background on the New York Daily News DEAD! cover featuring murderer Ruth Snyder being executed.  Lots of great background information and photos of … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – The Yellow Kid

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The Yellow Kid, an early newspaper comic character who got his start in a comic called Hogan’s Alley, was the star of the comics page during the yellow journalism era in New York City.  You can read and see more … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – Nellie Bly’s Ten Days in a Mad House

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

New York World stunt journalist Nellie Bly landed her job working for Joseph Pulitzer’s penny paper by going under cover as a patient at the women’s lunatic asylum.  In addition to a great series of newspaper articles, Bly also produced … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – War correspondent and journalist extraordinaire George Esper, RIP

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

  NOTE: Updated with new video, 6/6/2014 George Esper died last night.  He was 79 years old.  He, along with Peter Arnett, was the last western reporter to leave VietNam after the fall of Saigon. And it seemed like he … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – Should Reporters Call Out Sources For Lying?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The NY Times public editor really set off a bit of a firestorm today with his column.  In it, Arthur Brisbane asks, apparently seriously, whether reporters ought to be calling out sources for claiming things as “facts” that are demonstrably … Continue reading →

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Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Reporters Praised for Coverage of Shootings

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

There can be no doubt that student journalists at Virginia Tech’s Collegiate Times had the best coverage in the country of Thursday’s shooting deaths of the VT campus.  As I wrote on this blog yesterday, the paper’s staff did an … Continue reading →

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