EOTO #2 Reaction

Gossip, Fashion and Film....

These are just three of my favorite journalism topics I was able to learn the history of during our EOTO #2 presentations. As someone who loves entertainment journalism, my topic for my opinion writing blog, these were the three types of journalism that really stood out to me during our presentations.

First I was able to learn about gossip columns. Gossip columns have origins in the 19th century, which is something I found very fascinating. When I think of gossip columns I often think of gossip magazines and blogs of the 21st century, but this presentation helped me learn that modern gossip columns were not the first of their kind. 

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The New York Herald featured early gossip columns

An early form of gossip column was started by James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald. He originally sought out to write stories about American lives in order to show the British that Americans had established a civilized society. However, these stories ending up sounding like what we know today as gossip.

In the 1930s and 1940s was when "real" gossip columns,  like the ones we know today, started. The first official  American gossip column was called On-Broadway by the New York Daily Mirror.

Next I learned about the history of fashion journalism. The first known fashion magazine was started in 18th century France. It was called Cabinet de modes et Magasin des modes Nouvelles, which meant new fashions. Something interesting about this magazine was that they included information about different types of bedding. Another thing about this magazine was that it was accessible for the middle class.

Wikipedia

The Cabinet Des Modes featured different fashion items such as hats.

In 1867, fashion journalism became popular in the U.S. with Harper's Bazaar. In 1892 Vogue magazine was created by Arthur Baldwin Turnure. Harper's Bazaar and Vogue are still fashion magazines today.

Finally, I learned about film journalism. In the 1930s, film became a mainstream form of entertainment. In the 1980s, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert started a popular film criticism show called At the Movies. Roger Ebert was considered the biggest name in film criticism until his death in 2013.

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At the Movies was the first critic show of its time.

These are just some of the things I learned about a few of the topics that were presented for EOTO #2. I learned a lot from my classmates and really enjoyed hearing about different topics in journalism history.