Important People in Journalism

Person's name:
What:
Why:

Diane Sawyer

Worked for former President Nixon in 1970, co-anchor of CBS news, and she interviewed the President of Iran in 2007, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

She was the second woman ever to host the ABC World News.

Noah Webster

Created the American Dictionary.

His book "American Spelling Book" outsold every book in the 19th century except the bible.

John Peter Zenger

Zenger used his newspaper to print negative things about the governor of New York.

Zenger wanted freedom to write whatever he wanted on the newspaper. John Zenger's trial established truth as a defense against libel.

Richard F. Outcault

Creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown.

The success of Yellow Kid led the entrance to many other similar comics.

Oprah Winfrey

She got her own network, has a magazine, and wrote books.

She's been an innovator.                                                                

William Randolph Hearst

He made newspapers exciting for California and built a media empire.

He was important because of the power he held.

Katharine Graham

Published her memoirs in 1997, was named as one of the International Press Institute's 50 World Press Freedom Heroes in 2002, and was presented with Presidential Medal of Freedom as well in 2002.

Nation's legendary leader in journalism and helped transform not only a newspaper, but the business of news in the U.S. Also was the only woman to be in such a high position at a publishing company.

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