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Media History And Culture People

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1. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






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






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






6. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






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






11. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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






29. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






33. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






35. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon