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Media History And Culture People

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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

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






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






16. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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






30. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






31. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






48. 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






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






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