History of Journalism Broadcast Journalism I Room 315

History of Journalism Objectives:  To Determine the important dates in the history of journalism  To recognize important figures to the world of journalism  To establish a timeline leading to today’s world of journalism

1906—Lee de Forrest “Father of modern radio” Patents the key element of radio—the Audio tube Takes another decade to perfect it

1866— Completion of the Atlantic Cable Enabled an American wire service The New York Associated Press Exchanged news with the British wire serve, Reuters

1911—Charles Pathe Introduces the silent newsreel to American theaters

1904—Ivy Ledbetter Lee Founder of PR Opened a publicity firm Dedicated to honest and truthful promotion of clients in New York This was the birth of Public Relations

1904—Magazines Instigators for social reform in the early 20 th century “Muckraking” McClure’s Magazine Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil Company

1916—New Jersey, Lee de Forrest Broadcasts the presidential election results for the first time Got the results wrong Hughes defeats Wilson ?

1970—Downsizing Equipment Reporters can cover on-the-spot news with portable cameras Reporters can send pictures back to the station via microwave

1998—MP3 Players MP3 Players first introduced 2001: iPods introduced Podcasts carry  News  Ads  Programming

1982—Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Agreed upon rules for using direct broadcast satellites

1945—American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Organized by Edward J. Nobel

1922—WEAF New York, NY Goes on the air with the first commercial radio station

1999—Napster File-sharing program Users downloading copyrighted music without paying for it caused legal battles

1936—British Broadcasting Company (BBC) London World’s first open-circuit TV broadcast First TV station in the world to offer regular programming

July 20, 1969 Man lands on the moon “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” was announced by Neil Armstrong Moon landing broadcast to national audience

1972—Sony Introduces video cassette recorder for educational and business uses

1970—Computers Computers began replacing typewriters in newsrooms in the 1970s

1939—National Broadcasting Company (NBC) New York, NY David Sarnoff Launches at World’s Fair Featured President Franklin D. Roosevelt First president to appear on television

1990—World Wide Web (www) Switzerland World Wide Web developed Enabled anyone with a computer to establish a home page on the Internet

February, 2009—Digital Transition All television stations begin broadcasting in digital format only Postponed to summer of 2009 Requires a special receiver to get the signal