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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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


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






10. 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






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






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






13. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






23. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






42. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Killed Emmett Till