Broadcast vs print jounralism

In what way is broadcast journalism better than print journalism? What can it do that print cannot?

In what ways is broadcast journalism limited? What can print do that broadcast cannot?

Broadcast journalism enables its listeners and/or viewers to participate in a historic event in a way. Broadcast news tends to be live and unedited. Unlike any previous wars, World War II actually used radio to its advantage, while the Vietnam War had TV reporters covering the war. Even recent events, like the elections and September 11, 2001 attack was covered by broadcast because the news was immediate and it was there. Newspapers and other print journalism can't do that. For The New York Times to come out with an article, it has to come out the next day. However, news in print journalism tend to be more objective, while broadcast news tends to lean towards the tone of the announcer's voice. History of News describes television
as "deceptive" and looking friendly. Broadcast news also tends not to go into the details because of the simple fact that details are often boring and are only for those who want to find out. TV and radio are using human laziness to their advantage. Instead of you reading, they read for you.

I have chosen to do Option #3:

3. Analyze the coverage of a particular historical event in comparison to history books'
interpretation of that event.

I will cover the space race between 1957 and 1969 and the three main events that led to the Moon landing: Launch of Sputnik, Gagarin's flight, Shepard's flight, and Apollo 11.

New York Times:
Soviet Fires Earth Satellite Into Space, 10/7/1957, p. 1
187-Mile Heigh[t], April 12, 1961, p. 1
Nation Exults Over Space Feat; City Plans to Honor Astronaut 5/5/1961, p. 1
Astronauts Land on Plain; Collect Rocks, Plant Flag, 07/21/1969, p. 1

These are not the only articles I will read. There are several more after the date of each event.
I am attempting to see bias in reporting the news. Since these events happened during the cold war, there is bound to be some leaning towards the US side of things; same happened on the other side of the border. I will try to get the Soviet side of things, but I doubt this will happen since it's hard to get those archives.

Transit

I have a 50 million issue a year newspaper. What will I do with it?

Seeing that I am interested in aerospace and aviation, it is certainly plausible that will feature news about transportation in the world. The paper would be distributed all over the United States, Toronto and Montreal, be in tabloid format and come out weekly with 961,000 copies per week. The target audience will be those who are in business of transporting people: railway companies, airlines, defense contractors, bus companies and similar companies. Public transportation would also be featured in the newspaper.

The newspaper will definitely include news about transportation. There will of course be opinions, in which the writers will give their thoughts about the industry. The general opinion of the paper is to believe that transportation is essential and take a stand for public transportation and more or less against the use of automobiles. However, this wouldn’t mean that the newspaper will not report on cars as well as on other modes of transportation, but it will put less emphasis on cars. There are plenty of auto magazines out there as it is.

Since the newspaper is more about news than anything else, “I” will be allowed to be used in reviews or an opinion article. Again, since the target audience is mostly business people, it will feature the most up-to-date accurate information, so speculation and rumors doesn't quite cut it for most business people. Reporters’ stories will not be accepted if they paid a source or if they extracted information through secondary channels. Primary source of information is crucial. Speculation can be left to the opinions pages as well as to some of the reviews. All reporters will be required to submit sources’ contact information and the editorial staff will be required to verify the information.

News assignments would be spread through modern devices, such as Blackberries or Sidekicks, as well as through meetings. Most of the staff will be in the New York City overseeing the development of the paper and flying to different destinations for a story. Some of the paper’s writers and photographers will be scattered all over the world, to save money on transportation. While they should have a solid grasp of English, they don’t have to be in an English-speaking country.

Transit: All the transportation news you'll ever need.