Discusses "yellow journalism" and its impact on the Spanish- American War.

A fabulous Newscript.com site for broadcast news writing. You can learn how to craft the perfect sentence for radio listeners.

This site contains a timeline of the history of alternative journalism beginning in 1900. Includes description & brief discusses of various alternative publications.

This site from the Community Learning Network has great information on the art of journalism. The site is outlined by links for easy navigation and contains a rather exhaustive section on general resources. A great site to check out on...

This resource provides information about careers for broadcast and sound technicians. Includes information about the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.

Provides information about Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst and their development of "yellow journalism" in their attempt to increase the circulation of their respective newspapers.

This is a fabulous site for all of those wanting to pursue a career in broadcast journalism. You can find tons of tips on how to be a better journalist and how to find a great story.

Read a chapter of Tim Crook's history of British radio which includes the BBC, ITV, and LBC. There are additional links to other international radio sites.

A biography on the North Carolina native, Andy Griffith. Presents his television roles as well as his other accomplishments.

This interactive lesson allows students to study and analyze the text concepts of character, conflict, resolution, and setting in a "Broadcast news," format.

Provided from ibiblio.org are excerpts of a speech that Field Marshal Hermann Goering gave to the German people to rally support for the war effort on October 4, 1942.

If you need to know how to write a public service announcement for the radio, this site will offer examples and tips on putting one together.

Students begin this lesson plan by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...

Use this library of mini-lessons to teach students to recognize high-standards journalism so they can make informed judgments about the information coming at them and to help them identify and deal with misinformation, bias, opinion, and...

This site offers information about Alicia Patterson, editor and publisher of Newsday for more than 22 years, and the one-year grants the foundation awards to working journalists. The grants must be used to complete projects of...

Here is a list of the customer service standards from the Federal Communications Commission that cable operators are expected to adhere to.

With beginnings in 1935, this group incorporated twenty years later and has grown steadily since. Visit its well designed information packed site here. There is a members-only section which requires a fairly simple registration.

This brilliant engineer advanced both AM and FM radio, turning them into viable broadcast technologies, and innovated military radio uses in two World Wars.

The ArtsJournal website provides a daily summary of arts and cultural journalism from the English-language press around the world, with links to complete articles for further reading. The dance page collects links on a wide range of...

The ArtsJournal website provides a daily summary of arts and cultural journalism from the English-language press around the world, with links to complete articles for further reading. The music page collects links on a wide range of...

In this basic lesson plan, learners will learn how the placement of quotes in a story directly affects the reader's interest. This lesson is coordinated to Massachusetts standards.

This site contains information on the type of journalism that the press used during the Spanish-American War. It includes a brief history of how yellow journalism influenced the Spanish-American War.

Read this portrait of Ida Tarbell, a Progressive Era journalist known for her innovative methods of investigative journalism.

Wikipedia provides biographical information on Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), an American newspaper publisher. The Pulitzer Prize was set up by his will.