Today in Media History: Journalists used 1997 website to reconstruct story of Heaven’s Gate mass suicide
An early example of online journalism was the 1997 Heaven's Gate mass suicide story. "....For…
March 26, 2015
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Today in Media History: The press reports on the tragic 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
"It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City's history. On March 25th, 1911,…
March 25, 2015
Today in Media History: ABC’s ‘Nightline’ began 35 years ago
Although its start can be traced back to an earlier program about the Iran hostage…
March 24, 2015
Today in Media History: Indiana newspapers describe devastating 1917 tornado
On this date almost a century ago a tornado hit a small town in southern…
March 23, 2015
Today in Media History: 2 years after kidnapping, Patty Hearst convicted of armed robbery
The kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, the granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, was one of…
March 20, 2015
Today in Media History: C-SPAN started 36 years ago
The C-SPAN television network began on March 19, 1979 with a live cablecast from the…
March 19, 2015
Today in Media History: News coverage of the 1944 eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius
Although it had to share the front page with news about World War II, the…
March 18, 2015
Today in Media History: Vietnam War era photo of returning prisoner of war and his family
On March 17, 1973, near the end of the Vietnam War, Associated Press photojournalist Slava…
March 17, 2015
Today in Media History: The first African-American newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, was founded in 1827
Freedom's Journal, the first African-American newspaper, was founded on March 16, 1827. "'We wish to…
March 16, 2015
Today in Media History: Bill Gates’s Microsoft stock went public in 1986
"On March 13, 1986, Microsoft had a highly successful initial public offering (IPO) at an…
March 13, 2015
Today in Media History: In 1930, the press reported on Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March
85 years ago today news organizations around the world reported on the beginning of India’s…
March 12, 2015
Today in Media History: Covering the Great Blizzard of 1888
One of the biggest weather stories of the 19th century began on March 11, 1888.…
March 11, 2015
Today in Media History: The Dot-com bubble burst in 2000
The 1990s dot-com boom ended on March 10, 2000. According to Wired magazine, the boom…
March 10, 2015
Today in Media History: Edward R. Murrow investigated Joe McCarthy on ‘See It Now’
On March 9, 1954, Edward R. Murrow and his CBS news program, “See It Now,”…
March 9, 2015
Today in Media History: Walter Cronkite retired as CBS Evening News anchor in 1981
On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite retired as anchor of the CBS Evening News. He…
March 6, 2015
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