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






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






3. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






5. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






26. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






27. 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






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






29. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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


31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






40. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






47. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






48. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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


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