Discover the Scoop: Top 6 Fun Facts about Journalism You Never Knew!

1. Journalists: Ultimate Coffee Addicts

Step aside, java-loving law enforcers and caffeinated educators, there's a new brewmaster in town: Journalists were found to consume the most coffee, with over four cups per day, according to a survey by Pressat on 10,000 professionals, surpassing even police officers and teachers in their voracious quest for liquid inspiration.
Source => pressat.co.uk

2. Telegraph-Inspired Inverted Pyramid Writing

Before inventing to-do lists, journalists checked off their priorities by arranging their sentences like an upside-down layered cake – a technique that has stuck around longer than most New Year's resolutions: The inverted pyramid style of writing originally emerged from the necessity to send news over telegraph wires, placing the most crucial information first in case the connection was lost. This structure remains widely used in mass media news writing for its benefits to editors in truncating articles easily while preserving important details, even though it may not win any creative writing awards.
Source => owl.purdue.edu

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3. Newspaper Moguls' Telenovela Rivalry

In a plot twist worthy of a telenovela, two newspaper moguls of yesteryear waged a clandestine battle to control the public's mind and stir the pot of global politics: During the Spanish-American War, William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer resorted to sensationalist journalism to manipulate public opinion and push for U.S. intervention in Cuba, with Hearst's New York Journal even fabricating the story that Spain sunk the battleship Maine, ultimately using the power of the press to shape American politics and foreign affairs.
Source => pbs.org

4. CNN's Satellite News Revolution

In an era where carrier pigeons seemed like advanced technology, CNN decided it was time for a satellite-sized upgrade, transforming the face of breaking news: As pioneers in satellite technology, CNN rapidly transmitted news from all around the world, even during the Persian Gulf War in 1991, launching themselves as a major player in the cable news market.
Source => history.com

5. Town Criers: Jacks-of-All-Trades

Before Snapchat and Twitter bestowed us with a 24/7 news cycle, the OG newsboys (and girls) were town criers—a community Goldilocks who shouted "extra, extra" and dished out a side of whiplash: These multi-tasking deliverers of essential news and disciplinarians made headlines in a time before the printing press by announcing everything from royal orders to local bylaws, selling sugar loaves, escorting beggars to workhouses, and even lending a helping hand in the not-so-jolly task of public hangings.
Source => en.wikipedia.org

6. Nellie Bly: Record-Breaking Globe-Trotter

Nellie Bly, the woman who went around the world in less than 80 days (take that, Phileas Fogg!): This fearless investigative journalist set a record-breaking globe-trotting adventure by circumnavigating the world in just 72 days, captivating readers nationwide through her chronicles in the New York World.
Source => nps.gov