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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Killed Emmett Till






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






16. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






19. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






21. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






36. 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






37. Killed Emmett Till






38. 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






39. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






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






44. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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

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






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






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

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






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