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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






8. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation






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






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






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






12. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






14. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon






15. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






17. 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






18. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






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






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






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


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






25. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






26. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






29. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






30. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA






31. 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






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






33. Killed Emmett Till






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






35. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA






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






37. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon






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






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