This paper will summarize and analyzes the 1937 Newspaper article “Amelia’s Voice Heard by Amateur Radio Operator”. With this summery and analysis this paper will prove this article contains three traits required for a good primary source. First, the author must write the source within the same general period as the historical event. Second, the must contain both reputable and accurate information. Finally, the source must contain a certain amount of quality required for a good primary source. This paper will prove this article, “Amelia’s Voice Heard by Amateur Radio Operator”, possesses these three traits.
In the 1937 newspaper, article “Amelia’s Voice Heard by Amateur Radio Operator”, The Atchison Daily Globe reports on two Los Angeles amateur radio operators who claimed they heard Earhart transmit a distress signal at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time. The article expresses doubt about these clams using the statement “[In] San Francisco, however, a coastguard station reported at noon Eastern Standard Time it had received no word whatever although radio reception was unusually good” . The article also presents evidence supporting the two Radio operators, by explaining the amateur radio operators, “interpreted radio signals as placing the plane adrift near the equator between Gilbert Islands and Howland Island” . The article also, reports, because of this possible transmission from Earhart caused action, “the navy department ordered the battleship Colorado with three planes aboard, to begin a search from Honolulu, where it arrived yesterday ”.
The article then concludes by providing insight on Earhart’s stepmother and her feelings on the latest news. The article includes a quote from Earhart’s stepmother, “If she is in trouble an...
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...the level of in the article may be higher than first thought. This is because Atchison Kansas is actually Earhart’s hometown . This causes this article’s unbiasedness to come into question, but this does not completely negate the Accuracy and quality of the source. This does however mean that this source will require more support from other reliable sources to counter any possible bias that may be present.
This paper has summarized and analyzed the 1937 Newspaper article “Amelia’s Voice Heard by Amateur Radio Operator”. With this summery and analyses this paper has proved that this article contains the three major traits required for a good primary source. First, be written within same general period as the historical event. Two, contain both reputable and accurate information. Finally, contain a certain amount of quality required for a good primary source.
In Jonathan Choi’s article “In a Defense of Newspapers” Choi attempts to persuade his audience that newspapers need to be valued and protected as important news sources. Choi uses various rhetorical devices to increase the persuasiveness of his argument. Choi uses evidence in the form of data and examples, a humorous and entertaining tone, and ethos to convince his readers that newspapers need to be protected.
...s on a small island in the South Pacific that contained Earhart’s DNA, but the evidence is not conclusive. Near the plane’s last known location, the ocean reaches depths of 16,000 feet, well below the range of today’s deep-sea diving equipment. If the plane sank into those depths, it may never be recovered. However, as the technology advances, scientists might find a way to go deeper than ever and potentially find the missing plane. Amelia, however, will always remain one of the most well known pilots to have ever lived. She inspires many young women to do what they believe, and that the sky is the limit.
All three of Corn’s point really helps the reader to see that women really did play a key role in terms of making increasing aviation use. Corn splits the article into three separate points in which the audience sees how aviation was before female interaction, during female interaction, and after. He then presents the reader with a long list of primary sources, mostly from magazines and female aviators, to help convince the audience that his main point is valid. In the most part, the only weakness seen from Corn’s article is his lack of numerical proof that female aviators helped increase aviation and that some of Corn’s primary sources are from anonymous people, but looking beyond that we can see that Corn makes a compelling argument in representing female’s participation in the aviation world in the late 1920s and 30s.
Crawford, Nelson Antrim. The Ethics of Journalism. New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. 42, 46-47, 110-111.
Spanish atrocities against Cuban rebels were widely reported to Americans in newspaper publications. Publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used ‘yellow journalism’ to boost publications sales and...
Clare Booth Luce uses the introduction of her speech to set the stage up for constructive criticism over the tendency of American press to sacrifice journalistic integrity in favor of perceived of the perceived public demand for sensational stories.
McCartney, J. (1997). News lite. In B. Levy & D.M. Bonilla (Eds.), The power of the press (pp. 44-54). New York: The H.W. Wilson Company.
Flight 19 left the Fort Lauderdale Airport at 2:10 p.m. on December 5, 1945. At 3:40 p.m. Lieutenant Robert Cox noticed his radio begin to crackle. The transmission seemed to be directed to 'Powers.' The person identified himself as FT-28, the call sign for Flight 19. FT-28 radioed that both of his compasses were out, and he was trying to find land.(Kusch)
The field of mass media and journalism was built by the people to spread news across the globe in hopes of having a broader idea of government, conflicts and life as a whole. Since 59 B.C. when the first newspaper, Acta Diurna, was published in Rome, the field has been dominated by males. Men were considered to be fit for reporting because they were allowed to have an education and through social standards, seen as the only dominating factor when broached with an important decision or for an expert opinion on any topic. After equality within education started effecting the social norms, women began to branch out of the standards they were previously hindered by to become more forceful in competition with jobs, pay and intelligence. Through these changes, pushed along by war and protests, various areas of the work force slowly began to integrate women as part of their company communities. The field of mass media has been changed drastically through incorporating women, such as Nellie Bly, into the communications field and using their perspectives to get new angles for stories and in turn, improving investigative journalism and societal normalities.
screaming, “ God why do you hate me are you calling me back so you and dad can hear me cry and listen to my pain to laugh at all ive ever did was be the best daughter I can be by getting good grades, behaving and looking picture perfect just like you wanted me to are you liking the satisfaction of what is going on what on earth is wrong with you?You're my parents you're supposed to love me and be proud of me for doing my best but this is what I get for trying to be the daughter you always wanted!” Amelia sighs exasperated when Andrew says ,“Wow that was amazing that took major guts admitting that to me.”Amelia is so shocked she looks like she has just seen a ghost when she says, “I am so sorry I didn't mean to take out my anger and frustration
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Kovach and Rosenstiel (2007) outline several common indicators for good journalism in their book The Elements of Journalism. The first of which is the truth. In order for the public to be able to make a good decision regarding any given topic, the journalist must put forth reliable and accurate facts. The process of “journalistic truth” starts with professional discipline of gathering and verification of facts (Kovach et al., 2007). Then a good journalist will attempt to convey this fair and reliable account of their meaning which would also be subject to future investigating. Transparency is important in good journalism allowing the reader to form their own conclusions as it pertains to any given event or set of circumstances. Regardless of a corporation which would have to answer to its shareholders, publishers of journals ultimately are to show allegiance to citizens always seeking to put public interest ahead of their own self-interests. It is with this that I offer this concern regarding the recent journalism effort put forth in the Villa Grove News over the past few months.
Newspapers have been seen to be a reliable source since 1704, this was an American newspaper called the Boston newsletter. Britain's population is around 60million, of these about 10 million read newspapers daily , and many million more read electronic newspapers. The amount of online newspapers created has doubled since 1999, and the amount of people viewing them has rose by a phenomenal 350%. I am going to analyse the statement that 'you cannot believe a word you read in newspapers'' and aim to produce a balanced argument.
This contribution is on the aspect of editing and reviewing in mass communication. Editing refers to the art of making necessary corrections and reviewing is the aspect of rereading an article to identify these mistakes. Before Elizabeth was recognized a preview and editing was conducted based on the article. Through these acts, a new technique was introduced into mass communication. This technique was the review and editing (Whit, Pg.11). Therefore through Nellie Bly, new opportunities in the field of mass communication emerged such as editing and re-reading. Important to point out is that this contribution was however not intended since it was as a result of the mistakes detected in Bly’s
On November 3 1945, the Bermuda triangle first grasped the attention of many people with one mysterious event. Flight 19, an aircraft which was out on a 3 hour training session, fully fueled and equipped with five highly experienced aviators, went missing and was never to be heard of again (McDonell1of 9). The three hour training session started from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was due 150 miles east, 40 miles north and then was told to return to the base; unfortunately that did not happen (McDonell 1 of 9). During the training session the aviators both back up compass and compass were malfunctioning making their locations a mystery to them and lost to the world for two hours. During these two hours radios on ...