LeeHighSchool

Howhavebroadcastjournalismchangedinthewayitwascommunicatedtothepublicoverthe
past50years?

RoughDraft

JasielOchoaMendoza
SeniorCapstone
JodySnyder
March28th,2016


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JasielOchoaMendoza

Mrs.Snyder
Capstone
March28th,2016
ResearchEssay
ApictureisthestoryIfailtoputintowords.Journalistsbringsoutthedeepermeaning
ofthequote,theyreflectwhatastoryistryingtotellwithoutusingwords.Theyseestoriesand
findawaytocaptureitandtellthepublicadifferentangleofitthattheyneverknewwasthere.
Asreporters,theyopenthemindsofmanyandhavethepowertogiveavoicetostoriesnoone
knewwerethere.Beingareportergivesthemthechancetodiscoversomethingnew,themain
goalofeveryreporter,photographer,journalist,etc.is,tellingthestory.
Tellingthestory
throughouttheyearsinvariousways,fromthebeginningoftimetotoday.
Providingthepublicwithnewshasbeenavailabletopeoplesincetheearly1920s,but
theyhaventbeenabletophysicallywatchnewsanchorsreportittothem,theydidnthavethe
chancetoseethefaceofthepersonwhomightbereportingthebestorworstnewstothemuntil
thelate1940sandearly1950swhencoaxialcabledecidedtostartconnectingmajortelevision
markets.Astheevolutionoftelevisionandhowthenewswasbeingpresentedtothepublic
startedtochangeatthetimeonly9%ofthehouseholdsinAmericahadtelevisions,whichonly
consistedofthefourmainchannelsatthetime:NBC,CBS,ABC,andDumont.NBC'sreporter
JohnChancelloronceputit,"Itwassortofaprimitivecavemantelevisionthatwewereputting
outatthattime.(Shedden)AlsomentionedinaninterviewwithDonHewitt,anewsreporter
bestknownforthestartof60minutessaid,"ItwaslikeabunchofkidsplayingwithPlay


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Doh....Wehadnoideawhatweweredoingintheearlydays...Itwassohorseandbuggyandfun.
Nobodyknewwhathewasdoing,butyoudidn'tcarebecausewhohadatelevisionset?
(Sheddan)Reportingthenewsontelevisionstartedtokickoffasafewstationsstartedto
experimentwithtelevisionprogrammingandmakingtheirnewsvisualforpeopletoseeand
experiencewhatwasphysicallyhappeningtotheworld.Intheearlyyears,itconsistedofjust
audio,butnownotjustaudiowasbeingpresentedduringthe1930s.Mostnewsstationstarted
theprocessofbroadcastjournalism,forexample,DouglasEdwardsbecameAmericasfirstnews
anchor.Voiceoverswithwirecopyandstillphotographswerethenormatthistime,whichisin
starkcontrasttopresentdayjournalism.
Thefirstcoupleyearsofreportingimportantnewsmanydidnottakebroadcastingas
theirfirstchoiceincareerwiseduetothefactthatitwasstillbrandnewtothepublicand
companiesproducingthemedia.Mostjournalistsleanedtowardsradiostationsornewspapers.In
1963,PresidentKennedy'sassassinationputbroadcastingnewsonthemapbecauseunlikethe
newspaper,theycouldntgetimagesoftheeventconstantlymovingandradiostationsdidnot
givethepublicthespecificimagesoftheeventhappeningtheycouldonlyspeakuponit.
Televisionprovidedmovingimagesascomparedtothestillphotosinnewspapers,andliveTV
broadcastshadthesameimmediacyasradio.TheageofTVnewshadbegun.(Halbrooks)
Inthegrowthofprovidingnews,technologyhasmadeahugeimpactinthewaynews
broadcasterscommunicatedimportantfactsanddetailstothepublicstartingfromthewaythey
editedfootagetothewaytheycommunicatedtothepublic.Aformernetworknewspresident
wastalkingatainternationalconferenceonthetopicofbroadcastjournalismintheearly'90s,as
hedescribedtheimmediatechangeofthenewsmediaandtheeffecttechnologyhashadonthe


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impactofinformingimportantnewstothepublic.Henotedhow,atthetimeoftheCivilWar,it
tookweekstoreceivetheresultsofbattlesandcomparedtonow,bythetimeoftheGulfWar,
wewerewatchingnewsasithappenedwithoutthetimeforthejournalisttoreflectonthe
meaningandcontextofthestory.(Luff)
Intheprocessofgettingastoryouttothepublic,areporterfirsthastodeterminewhat
storywillcapturetheattentionofmillions.Areporterwiththepropertoolswillstartoutby
takingnotes,locatingpeopletogetquotesandcreatestories.Comparedtointheearlyyearsof
broadcastjournalism,reportershadtotakenotesfromanotepadorphysicallyrememberwhata
witnessoranypersoningeneralhadjustinformedthem,butnotwithtodaystechnologygetting
quoteshasbecomeeasierforjournalist.UsingrecorderslikeZoomH1,shotgunmicrophone,
lapelmicrophone,etc,itbecamesimplyeasierforjournaliststorememberimportantdetails.
Newsbroadcastersalsoupgradedtheireditingskillstomakethenewsmorepresentableandhave
enoughdetailtocapturethepublic'sattention.AnexamplewouldbebacktotheVietnamWar
when,duringthattime,cameramenwereshippingfilmfromfieldcamerasfromSaigontoNew
Yorkwhereeditorscutthefilmintostories.Nowtheeditingprocesscanbeassimpleasstarting
toeditcertainfootagefromthecamerawherethecameramancanmarkshotsforlateruseand
recordthemtothumbnailsforbrowsing.Astheprocessinhownewsbroadcasterwere
portrayinginformationhaschangedovertheyearscontinues,peoplearebecomingmore
experiencedandhaveafurthereducationinhowtoworkthemediaandgetthepublics
attention.Beforetheteleprompterwascreatedfornewsanchorstoreporttheirlines,theyhadto
memorizeascriptandreportitwithoutmistakes.JohnCameronSwayzewasoneoftelevision's
firsteveningnewsanchorsalsoknowntobeanexpertonthisprocesswithoutthehelpofa


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teleprompter.Hecreatedincredibleeyecontactandvisualrolehealsohadaphotographic
memorythatgavehimanadvantagebeingabletohavethesequalitieswasapositivetraitto
havewhennewsbroadcastingwasjuststartingtobecomeaneverydaything.Thestateoftheart
equipmentandthefactthat
journalists
arenowhighlyeducatedhasitsdownside,suchastheloss
offoreignbureaus.Thereisalsoareasonablechancethat
journalism
'sgoldenageisstillinthe
future.(Porterfield)
Broadcastjournalismhasbeenaroundformanyyears,andaprimeexampleofwhereit
allstartedwouldbeCBSnews.Eventhoughthechangesoftechnologyandhowthenewshas
beenreportedovertheyears,theycontinuetobenumberoneinnewsbroadcasting.
Communicatingtothepubliccanbepresentedinmanyways,thechangesthatbroadcast
journalismthroughtheyearsaremagnificentnotonlyhasittaughtpeoplemore,butithas
improvedinitsultimategoalofprovidingthepublicwithnewsinawaytheyenjoyit.


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