yellow journalism

Examples of yellow journalism in the following topics:

• The Antecedents of Progressivism

  • Yellow and personal journalism were antecedents to the Progressive muckraking era in the nineteenth and twentieth century.
  • The muckrakers of the Progressive era were known for their investigative journalism; however, investigations of corruption and social problems had already been introduced into the newspapers of the late nineteenth century by publishers and journalists during the eras of "personal journalism" and "yellow journalism. " Just as the muckrakers became well known for their crusades, journalists from the eras of personal journalism and yellow journalism had gained fame through their investigative articles, including articles that exposed wrongdoings.
  • While some muckrakers, such as Steffens, had already worked for reform newspapers of the personal journalism variety, other muckrakers had worked for yellow journals before moving on to magazines around 1900, such as Charles Edward Russell.
  • In response to the exaggerated facts of yellow journalism, objective journalism, as exemplified by The New York Times under Adolph Ochs after 1896, turned away from sensationalism and reported facts with the intention of being impartial and a newspaper of record.
  • While the muckrakers continued the investigative exposures and sensational traditions of yellow journalism, they wrote to change society.

• The Muckrakers

  • Investigative journalists view the muckrakers as early influences on watchdog journalism.
  • The January 1903 issue of McClure's is considered to be the official beginning of muckraking journalism.
  • Louis. " While some muckrakers started out writing for reform newspapers of the personal journalism variety, others began their careers in "yellow journalism" (journalism of questionable taste and accuracy) before moving on to magazines.
  • Publishers of yellow journals, such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, focused on increasing circulation through scandal, crime, entertainment and sensationalism.
  • Another yellow journalist, Bly conducted an undercover investigation on patient abuse at Bellevue Mental Hospital, and published her findings in her 1887 expose Ten Days in the Mad-House.

• Social Criticism

  • The modern term is investigative journalism, and investigative journalists today are often informally called "muckrakers."
  • The muckrakers appeared at a moment when journalism was undergoing changes in style and practice.
  • In response to the exaggerated facts and sensationalism of yellow journalism, objective journalism, as exemplified by The New York Times under Adolph Ochs after 1896, turned away from sensationalism and reported facts with the intention of being impartial and a newspaper of record.
  • While the muckrakers continued the investigative exposures and sensational traditions of yellow journalism, they wrote to change society.
  • It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle classes.

• The Muckrakers

  • Investigations of corruption and social problems had already been introduced into the newspapers of the late 19th century by publishers and journalists during the eras of "personal journalism" and yellow journalism.
  • Publishers of yellow journals, such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, were more intent on increasing circulation through scandal, crime, entertainment and sensationalism.
  • Just as the muckrakers became well known for their crusades, journalists from the eras of "personal journalism" and "yellow journalism" had gained fame through their investigative articles, including articles that exposed wrongdoing:
  • In response to yellow journalism, which had exaggerated facts, objective journalism, as exemplified by The New York Times under Adolph Ochs after 1896, turned away from sensationalism and reported facts with the intention of being impartial and a newspaper of record.
  • While the muckrakers continued the investigative exposures and sensational traditions of yellow journalism, they wrote to change society.

• The Spanish-American War

  • By 1897–98, American public opinion was largely influenced by the "yellow journalism" of the United States; outrage at reports of Spanish atrocities in Cuba grew exponentially.
  • American naval power proved decisive, allowing U.S. expeditionary forces to disembark in Cuba against a Spanish garrison, already reeling from nationwide insurgent attacks and decimated by yellow fever.

• War, Empire, and an Emerging American World Power

  • The Cubans had been in a state of rebellion since the 1870s, and American newspapers, particularly New York City papers of Pulitzer and Hearst, printed sensationalized "Yellow Journalism" stories about Spanish atrocities in Cuba.

• The Progressive Era

  • In academic fields the day of the amateur author gave way to the research professor who published in the new scholarly journals and presses.
  • In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the “free press” in the United States.

• Ida B. Wells

  • In 1878 at the age of 16, she lost both her parents and her 10-month old brother, Stanley to a yellow fever epidemic that swept through the South with many fatalities.
  • She began investigative journalism, looking at the charges given for the murders and raised more than $500 to investigate lynchings and publish her results.

• Washington and DuBois

  • While visiting her grandmother in the Mississippi Valley in 1878, she received word that her hometown of Holly Springs had suffered a yellow fever epidemic.
  • She began investigative journalism, looking at the charges given for the murders.

• Newspapers

  • The telegraph, put to successful use during the Mexican-American War, led to numerous far-reaching results in journalism.
  • A foreign-news service was developed that reached the highest standard yet attained in American journalism in terms of intelligence and general excellence.
  • Indeed, the years between 1840 and 1860 saw the beginnings of the scope, complexity, and excellence of our modern journalism.
  • In a period of widespread unrest and social change, many specialized forms of journalism sprang up, focusing on religious, educational, agricultural, and commercial themes.
  • Identify the distinctive trends in newspaper journalism that emerged over the course of the eighteenth century