Roy's Totally Subjective Picks: 85 Wonders of the Journalism World

This article talks about the Wonders of the Journalism World. The writers of the Wonders of the Journalism World split these wonders into five categories: story forms and shapes, institution/ organizations, technologies, documents, and people. They are listed in the order of which they felt was most important.

Here are their top picks in each category:

Story forms and shapes: The Inverted Pyramid
Institutions/ Organizations: The New York Times
Technologies: The QWERTY keyboard
Documents: The First Amendment
People: Edward R. Murrow

It is revealed that they used recommendations of Poynter's faculty and staff to help come up with the list. Many beginning journalists can learn many things from this list concerning the journalistic world from this list. The Wonders of the Journalism World help put into prespective how the journalism industry has become what it is today. The list even speaks about the impact Google and Facebook have had on the modern journalistic world. The list has also helped close the gap between journalism in the past and present along with allowing readers to understand authors more clearly. I feel this is a fantastic idea to help educate people within the journalistic world along with the people outside looking in. This list can help the world understand the amazing advances in the history of journalism and the past that still affects it.

If you would like to read more, here is the link to the article:

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=78&aid=139028