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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






19. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






21. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






40. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






46. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






47. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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