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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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