journalism: Television Journalism

By broadcasting events such as the Watergate hearings, controversial Supreme Court nomination hearings, and sensational criminal trials, television has in some ways minimized the journalist. Yet reports by journalists of the World Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, owned by Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, are transmitted around the world and provide news to world leaders in times of crisis.

The proliferation of cable television in the United States since the mid-1970s has led to a variety of news channels. As with print journalism, television journalism ranges from sensational, “tabloid” news shows (“Inside Edition”) to extensive journalistic coverage and interviews with government figures (“The Newshour with Jim Lehrer”) to a cable channel offering live, unedited coverage of congressional proceedings (C-SPAN).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Television Journalism
• Technological Advance, Journalistic Change
• Print Journalism
• Schools
• Bibliography

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