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1. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'






2. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer






3. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines






4. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used






5. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent






6. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life






7. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional






8. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






9. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly






10. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal






11. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism






12. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association






13. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life






14. Radio journalist - CBS partner with Fred Friendly and made 'Hear it Now' and 'see it now' covered racial integration and the Korean war - combated anti-communism - did a report on Joseph McCarthy






15. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico






16. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat

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17. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer






18. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat

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19. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A






20. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom






21. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience






22. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times






23. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times






24. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






25. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate






26. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal






27. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize






28. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist






29. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine






30. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent






31. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience






32. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






33. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate






34. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico






35. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism






36. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






37. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize






38. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965






39. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






40. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






41. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines






42. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War






43. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A






44. Radio journalist - CBS partner with Fred Friendly and made 'Hear it Now' and 'see it now' covered racial integration and the Korean war - combated anti-communism - did a report on Joseph McCarthy






45. African American Chicago boy - brutally murdered in the south - his mother put his body on display after He was killed - open casket






46. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War






47. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star






48. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






49. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional






50. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star