What I Learned from Modern Journalism Hero presentations

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 What I Learned from Modern Journalism Hero presentations

In class, we were tasked with doing research on Modern Journalism hero's and then presenting to the rest of our peers. I did the “The First Lady of Journalism” Dorthy Thompson who is most notably known for being the first American Journalist expelled from Germany during the nazi regime, and her constant criticism of the party after.  

Below is some of the information I learned from my peer's presentations.

Nancy Hicks Maynard

My classmate, Dihandra Williams, did a presentation on Nancy Hicks Maynard who was the first female African American Journalist for the New York Times.

Some of my major takeaways from her presentation were:

  • Maynard began her journalism career as a copy girl and reporter with the "New York Post"
     before being hired by the "New York Times" at the age of 21. 
  • It was her assignment on the Ocen Hill-Brownsville controversy that jump-started her career
  • By the age of 23, Maynard was hired as a full-time reporter, making her the first African-American woman in this position for this paper.
  • Maynard and her husband Robert C. Maynard started the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education in Oakland, California.
  • Mayard purchased The Oakland Tribune in 1983 and at the time of her death,
    this paper was the only metropolitan newspaper to be owned by African Americans















Ellen Browning Scripps

My classmate Estelle Rosse did a presentation on Ellen Browning Scripps. Scripps was a Journalist and philanthropist who, along with her brother, established one of the largest chains of newspapers in the united states, linking the west with the midwest.

Some of my major takeaways from her presentation were:

  • Scripps first job in the journalism world was an editing position with the Detroit Tribune, but after her father fell ill she returned to Rushville, Illinois to care for him.
  • The death of her father sparked her to join the paper her brother founded called "Detroit Evening News" and invested her life savings into the paper.
  • After the success of the original paper, together Scripps and her brother founded "The Cleveland Press."
  • At one point in time, she had a net worth of $30 million.
  • She never married but found joy in service by donating to many universities, museums, research institutes, and playgrounds/parks






















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