Reagan Elliot, Alaina Talosig, Cameron Bender, Will Archer

“Yellow Journalism”  a.k.a “yellow press”  Type of journalism that uses little to no legitimate well-researched news  Eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers Techniques: Exaggeration Scandal-mongering Sensationalism 5 Characteristics scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudoscience, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.

Joseph Pulitzer  Hungarian-American Jewish newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World.  Introduced “new journalism” techniques  Best know for the Pulitzer Prizes St. Louis-Post Dispatch The city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri Came to be when Joseph Pulitzer merged the two newspapers St. Louis Westliche Post (a German-American newspaper) and the St. Louis Dispatch John A. Cockerill became the managing editor New York World New York newspaper published from 1860 to 1911 Under the publisher Joseph Pulitzer from 1883 to 1911 Became a pioneer in yellow journalism

William Randolph Hearst  American newspaper publisher  Build the nation’s largest newspaper chain  Took over The New York Journal  The New York Journal and New York World’s rivalry led to the creation of yellow journalism San Francisco Examiner Free daily newspaper that is distributed around San Francisco, California Hearst bought the company in 1880 and gave it to his son seven years later, after he was elected Senator The newspaper had ample use of foreign correspondents and splashy coverage of scandals during the age of yellow journalism The New York Journal-America The product of a merger between two New York newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst The New York America: a morning paper The New York Evening Journal: an afternoon paper

Nellie Bly  Elizabeth Jane Cochrane  A female American journalist Mental Institution Undercover assignment for the New York World Faked insanity to investigate reports of abuse at the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island She stayed there for 10 days World Trip Attempting to turn the fictional Around the World in Eighty Days into fact for the first time Elizabeth Bisland (Cosmopolitan reporter) vs. Elizabeth Cochrane (New York World reporter) Done in seventy-two days, six hours, eleven minutes and fourteen seconds Her findings: The food consisted of gruel broth, spoiled beef, bread that was little more than dried dough, and dirty undrinkable water The dangerous patients were tied together with ropes The patients were made to sit for much of each day on hard benches with scant protection from the cold Waste was all around the eating places Rats crawled all around the hospital The bathwater was frigid, and buckets of it were poured over their heads The nurses were obnoxious and abusive, telling the patients to shut up, and beating them if they did not Some fellow patients were as sane as she was

George B. Luks  American realist artist and illustrator  Worked as an illustrator for the Philadelphia Press  Started working for the New York World and became the artist of the comic strip Hogan’s Ally (aka The Yellow Kid) Richard F. Outcault American comic strip writer- artist Creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown Considered the inventor of modern comic strips

The Yellow Kid  Located in the New York World and later the New York Journal  Name of a lead comic strip character that ran from 1895 to 1898  One of the first supplement comic strips in American newspaper

Spanish-American War  Conflict in 1890’s between Spain and the United States  Result in the American involvement of the Cuban War of Independence  Anti-Spanish propaganda led by Hearst and Pulitzer used yellow journalism to criticize Spanish administration of Cuba  The Treaty of Paris was written up in 1898 with America gaining authority over Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine islands and temporary control over Cuba

Sensationalism  Type of editorial bias where a topic or event is over hyped to increase viewership.  Reporting about insignificant matters and events that don’t influence overall society Tactics: Deliberately obtuse Appealing to emotions Being controversial Intentionally omitting facts and information Being loud and self-centered and acting to obtain attention Newspapers as a public menace The news being presented got so out of hand that there were actually people that didn’t allow newspapers into their houses They where full of scandalous stories that may not have been true at all It was like reading entertainment magazines with all the rumors being printed

Associated Press  Located in New York  American multinational non-profit news agency  Non-prophet cooperative  Contributes to newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States  It’s a group who cover major stories and pictures that other medias can use