THE HISTORY OF JOURNALISM
from so-called experts
Emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips
Dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.
Frank Luther Mott (April 4, 1886 October 23, 1964) was an American historian and journalist
of Quaker descent.
FAMOUS JOURNALIST
Grantland Rice
1880-1954
One of America's best-known and respected sports writers. Rice saw sports as life. His column
"Sportslight" appeared in more than 100 newspapers. He estimated that he wrote 1 million words
a year--3,000 words a day--and traveled 15,000 miles a year to bring stories to his readers.
Ernie Pyle
1900-1945
Perhaps the best-loved reporter of all time. Pyle covered the human side of the news in a folksy,
chatty style. With his wife, Jerry, he traveled the United States and the world in search of stories
about ordinary heroes. During World War II, Pyle mixed with soldiers in Europe and the Pacific