Reporting the War

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Reporting the War

• Brett Franckowiak
• Ryan Finch

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Technology

• During the World War I, the wireless telegraph
  was often used, with it censored by the
  government
• In World War II, the radio is brought to America,
  covering Pearl Harbor and bombing of London
• Edward R. Murrow was known for his news reporting
  during the World War II.

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Edward R. Murrow

• Known for his convincing point of view
• His voice over the radio to describe a picture
  perfectly
• For example, when he visited camps at Buchenwald,
  he pick a perfected picture on of the scene.
• By listening to him you can know exactly what is
  going on
• Part of the CBS European Broadcast
• He was sent by CBS to cover World War II with a
  group of people, group was called Murrows
  Boys.

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Technology

• In between each World War, films and newsreels
  are put into theaters with sound to show the
  public what the war is about.
• Films including invasions, bombings,
  concentration camps, etc.
• In the Vietnam War, newsreels were replaced by
  televisions, with more than 100 million
  television sets in America.
• Tapes are now made of the war and sent back to
  America so people dont have to listen about it
  on the radio and they can see what's going on
  with the war in simply 15-30 mins. of watching a
  film.
• Now in during the Iraq War, reporters can use
  satellite to relay any message to anywhere in the
  world.
• For example, fax machines, laptops, cell phone,
  etc.
• A story in Iraq is transferred back to America in
  a matter of seconds.

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Dangers of getting the information

• It was extremely dangerous covering the World War
  I and II, and Vietnam War
• Peggy Hull is one of the few female war
  correspondents who focused on the lives of the
  soldiers on the front lines
• Reporters were captured and arrested if they were
  caught.
• For example, Joe Morton, Associated Press
  correspondent , was executed without a trial
• He was capture far behind enemy lines.
• A main reason why it was so dangerous was because
  correspondents were able to run around to
  wherever they wanted to find a story.
• Now during the Iraq War, US military restricts
  press to go to certain areas in the war area.
• Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl
  was kidnapped on January 2002, so there are still
  risks out there.

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Shaping the Publics Opinion

• In the past, correspondents made the public in
  favor of the war.
• Only publishing positive stuff and if you
  published negative reports you would have been
  called an anti-American
• Now in days they report everything
• Making war seemed awful and negative

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Links

• http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/29344
  77.stm (covers the risks and accidents reporters
  have experience while reporting the Iraq War)
• http//www.usnewsclassroom.com/resources/activitie
  s/war_reporting/timeline/index.html (timeline
  that shows how reporters covering the war has
  changed over each war.)
• http//www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s746477.htm (abc
  correspondents covering the Iraq War.)
• http//www.boondocksnet.com/cartoons/mc19.html (
  how photography help describe and cover the Civil
  War.)
• http//students.washington.edu/afe/war.html (how
  photojournalism affected the war)
• http//www.civil-war-newspapers.com/WARCORRESPONDE
  NT.asp (correspondents in the Civil War.)

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More Links

• http//www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID12050
  (how the public feels about the Iraq War.)
• http//www.epnworld.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/480
  /War_Footing.html (how broadcasters plan to get
  their information on the Iraq war)
• http//www.weta.org/pressroom/reporting/bios.html
  (biographies of famous news reporters from the
  past)
• http//www.facsnet.org/issues/specials/terrorism/i
  ndex.php3 (information on how reporters covered
  the War)
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3276575.s
  tm (how the photography of war has changed)
• http//www.otr.com/murrow.html (information about
  Edward R. Murrow, famous correspondent)