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Media History And Culture People

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1. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






2. 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






3. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






5. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






8. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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


13. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






16. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






19. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






20. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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


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






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






32. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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