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1. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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


7. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






8. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






24. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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


34. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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