Journalism

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 1...