Period Two: 1920s-1930s
1920s-1930s, decades of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, known for "jazz journalism," the birth of the tabloid, and the rise of radio talk shows. Jazz journalism were tabloids that published sensationalized stories of sex, crime, and violence in the 1920s.
Photo of Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic. His radio drama "War of the Worlds" on Sunday, aired on Sunday, October 30, 1938, the before his meeting with reporters.
"The War of the Worlds" is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Directed and narrated by actor and filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds (1898), presented as a series of simulated news bulletins.
"A photographer's photographer" quote by Mrs. Warren G. Harding, who stated that Edward Jackson's photograph of her was "the best photo ever taken." The photo ran on the entire front page of the February 5, 1921 Daily News.