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William Randolph Hearst and Matt Lauer. Ethan Thompson Katie Andrews Morgan O’Reilly. William Randolph Hearst. Born in San Francisco in 1863, 29 th of April Became “Proprietor” of the San Francisco Examiner at age 23 Studied at Harvard Inspired by Joseph Pulitzer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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William Randolph Hearst and Matt Lauer
Ethan ThompsonKatie Andrews
Morgan O’Reilly
Born in San Francisco in 1863, 29th of April
Became “Proprietor” of the San Francisco Examiner at age 23 Studied at Harvard
Inspired by Joseph Pulitzer
Son of George Hearst, a newspaper proprietor
Died on August 14, 1951
William Randolph Hearst
Early career Took over the San Francisco
Examiner in 1887 Acquired the New York
Morning Journal in 1895 Launched Evening Journal in
1896 Gained a reputation of
employing the best journalists available: Ambrose Bierce, Stephan Crane, Mark Twain, Richard Harding Davis, and Jack London
At his peak, owned: 28 major newspapers, 18 magazines, and Several radio stations and movie companies
Turned the newspaper into a combination of reformist investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism
Introduced banner
headlines and lavish illustrations
Famous yellow journalist
What he was remembered for
He opposed the US involvement in WWI
Upset the left-wing in America by being a pro-Nazi in the 1930s
a staunch anti-communist in the 1940s
Hearst's outlooks on…
Was a member of the United Stated House of Representatives
Built a castle on a 240,000 acre ranch at San Simeon, CA
Believed by many to have initiated the Spanish- American War of 1898 to encourage sales of his newspaper
Advocated political assassination in an editorial just months before the assassination of President McKinley
Facts
Sample’s of his work
Did things his way able, self-
dependent, self-educated, and clear-headed
Patient, but wanted things done on his time
Qualities of Hearst
Born on December 30, 1957 in NYC In 1974, he left NY to attend Ohio
University He quit in 1979, just 4 credits shy of
graduating He wanted to pursue journalism
internship at WOWK-TV in West Virginia
By 1980, he was an On-Air Reporter In the 1980s, Matt worked many
reporting gigs along the east coast He worked for several news
magazines, which eventually led him back to the Big Apple
Married Annette Roque and has three kids
Matt Lauer
Matt has hosted several short-lived shows, such as:◦ (1986) Fame, Fortune, and
Romance with Robin Leach◦ (1989) Esquire Show on Lifetime◦ The late-night talk-show Day’s End
He became co-host for the live talk-show 9 Broadway Plaza in 1989
This established him as one of the most audience friendly news-anchors of NYC
In 1992, NBC signed Matt to Co-host 2 shows, Today and Live at Five
Traveled all over the world doing interview as an anchorman
Matt Lauer’s Career
Had interviews with: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Prince William and Prince Henry of Wales after Princess Diana’s death, Tom Cruise, and a host of other people
Did coverage of Ronald Regan’s funeral (2005), the Monica Lewinsky scandal, 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (2000), Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003), Captain Richard Phillips when Somalia pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama (2009), went to the Neverland Ranch for a behind-the-scenes look after the King of Pop died
Being known as one of NY’s most audience friendly anchors
What he was known for
Visited over 44 places in his segment, Where in the world is Matt Lauer? and has logged nearly 300,000 miles
Lives in Ohio Divorced his wife
then got remarried to her
3 kids
Facts
Sample’s of his work
Lauer is considered to be charming and good natured and a friendly person
Has an easy charm and is good looking
Qualities of Lauer
Similarities They were both
rich and famous Driven Went to college Both ended up in
NY at some point in their lives
Differences Hearst and Lauer
were from different decades
Lauer is a news reporter while Hearst centered on newspapers
Hearst VS. Lauer
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