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Danish Akhtar Mrs. Graham History 1301 7, May 2003 Journalism Journalism has transformed dramatically over the years. The advancement of technology has helped the media evolve by giving people a better perspective of how the world is viewed today. Radios, computers, telephones, and televisions are becoming important tools in the 21st century. Now people have the opportunity to access global information, multimedia content, and instantaneous news. Because journalism has become an important source of gathering information, the history, present, and future of journalism will be presented. In 1915, the Massachusetts Agricultural College first introduced journalism as a major. With a master’s degree from Harvard and Yale, Robert Wilson Neal taught journalism from 1906 to 1920. At the University of Massachusetts, Neal’s work in modern journalism has been viewed for over 80 years. There were two books Neal wrote that were published by Oxford University Press in 1914 and 1918. They were called “Short Story Writing in the Making,” and “Today’s Short Stories Analyzed.” Also, Neal had studied law and taught at several universities in the U.S. such as University of Kansas, University of Cincinnati, and Rutgers College. On May 18, 1915, Neal wrote in an article that the press would be one of strongly influences in American lives and that it would have an impact on societal issues such as religion, education, public morals, and it will either have a positive or negative effect on the community (Neal). There were not any statistics showing how many students actually joined the major or when it finished. Therefore, Massachusetts Agricultural College did not create a strong program for journalism. Nonetheless, after leaving the college, he decided to teach journalistic writing at Home Correspondence School in Springfield and became vice president and a member of the board of directors. Unfortunately, in 1939, he died at the age of sixty-eight (Grimes, L Sarah). The opportunities the news media brings is growing in the 21st century. The wireless communications such as broadband is helping news organizations by transferring media files faster than ever. Digital tools such as high digital cameras, personal computers are giving reporters limitless communication capabilities. The virtual newsrooms have taken journalism to the next level. Journalists can feel at ease working with electronic emails, databases, and transmitting media content without any difficulties.
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