JOURN 3000 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last LectureI. AdsOutline of Current LectureI. yellow journalism Current LectureYellow journalism Name comes from yellow kid cartoon, which runs in New York World and New York Journal Yellow journals play a role in lead up to the Spanish-American War in 1898 Role in Spanish American War Jingoism – hawkish patriotism The telegram Joseph Pulitzer Background Immigrant; worked in German language press after Civil War Became part owner of the St. Louis Post, 1872 Elected as a Republican to Missouri State Senate; worked as a legislative correspondent Thinker, interest in economic, political, and social trends Brings merger of Post and Dispatch in 1878 St. Louis Post-Dispatch These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Pulitzer articulates a role of ‘serving no party but the people’ and being critical of the administration in power Stated role was to be above partisanship and for justice and truth Defined news as that which was “apt to be talked about” … printed fair share of exaggeration and half-truth Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World Pulitzer buys the World in 1883Troubled paper before Pulitzer’s purchase Uses human interest and sensationalism to attract audience; also offers public affairs news and editorials Circulation jumps and advertising income soars Aggressive self-promotion of the paper; stunts Collected funds for Statue of Liberty base Crusades on behalf of the immigrants, poor, labor Public crusades Tainted milk stories Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) Bly – the reporter Ten Days in the
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