Muckraking journalism history books

Schools the importance of journalism in modern society has been testified to by the establishment of schools of journalism at most of the worlds leading universities. These articles became the foundation for her book, the history of the. Jan 31, 20 muckrakers for dummies muckraking and the tradition of investigative reporting. The history of the standard oil company is a 1904 book by journalist ida tarbell. Their books, newspaper articles and photographs led to the formation of pressure groups sparking a series of reforms during the progressive era 1890 1920 in american history. This groundbreaking new book presents the most important examples of worldchanging journalism, spanning one hundred years of history and every continent. But how many people know about the role that muckraking has played around the world. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. In collecting the kind of reportage that all too rarely appears in this age of media triviality and corporate conglomeration, muckraking. Our country and the world is changing fast, and a knowledge of history helps us understand the hows, whats, and whys of modern civilization.

List of books and articles about journalism history. According to a history of american journalism, both yellow journalism and muckraking have small amounts of narrative influence and expose the truths of individuals. This work was extremely popular in its own time, as the progressive era neared its final years before a postwwi implosion. The very same issue comprised of famous muckraking works like the shame of minneapolis lincoln steffens, the history of standard oil ida m. The end of the standard oil monopoly arguably was caused by muckraker ida tarbells the history of the standard oil company. The dark side of the allamerican meal by eric schlosser, the new jim crow. The word journalism applies to the occupation, as well as citizen journalists who gather and publish information. Supplying historical context and critical commentary, the book also. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.

These journalist sought to expose the political machines and corporate monopolies. A muckraking model investigative reporting cycles in american. Tarbell the history of standard oil, lincoln steffens the shame of the cities and ray stannard baker. Supplying historical context and critical commentary, the book also includes a selection of influential photographs and illustrations. Some books can be tossed back onto the bookshelf as just another novel or just another biography, but the best muckraking books continue to make an impact long after the reader finishes the final page. During the progressive era period, muckraking or investigative journalism started to become more popular.

Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. The book is divided into various sections each dealing with a specific topic. Muckrakers were investigative reporters and writers during the progressive era 18901920 who wrote about corruption and injustices in order to bring about changes in society. In collecting the kind of reportage that all too rarely appears in this age of media triviality and corporate conglomeration. William howard taft and the ballingerpinchot controversy of 19091910, journalism history 19 winter 94. Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism.

An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. As a resource guide, muckrakers will be of interest to professors, scholars, and students interested in learning more about the individuals who played such significant roles in muckraking journalism. In some cases, comments about the subjects work by others have been included, as well as suggestions for further reading. List of books and articles about journalism history online.

These are among the hundreds of colorful letters to the editor published in muckraking magazines between 1902 and 1912letters that reveal what early twentiethcentury readers thought was good and bad journalism. This list of books will give you a sense of what is happening in journalism, why its happening and what might come next. The muckrakers were an essential part of american history. Muckraking the journalism that changed america by judith. The muckrakers work grew out of the yellow journalism of the 1890s, which whetted the public appetite for news arrestingly presented, and out of popular magazines, especially those established by s. Journalisms colliding traditions contributions to the study of mass media and communications, miraldi, robert on. A muckraking model investigative reporting cycles in american history mark feldstein investigative reporting has long been considered a vital bulwark of democracy as a check on wrongdoing in politics and public policy. Muckrakers for dummies muckraking and the tradition of. Big business led to big questions for many journalists of the 1900s. The muckrakers were reformminded journalists in the progressive era in the united states. Publishing books and articles in magazines such as mcclures and cosmopolitan, journalists such as upton sinclair, jacob riis, ida wells, ida tarbell, florence kelley, ray stannard baker, lincoln steffens, and john spargo risked their lives and livelihoods to write stories about the terrible, hidden conditions of. Sinclair was not a professional journalist but his story was first serialized before being published in book form. List of books and articles about muckrakers online research. This groundbreaking new book presents the most important examples of world changing journalism, spanning one hundred years of history and every continent.

Fully revised and updated, this new edition of the handy history answer book answers over 1,000 howwhatwhy questions. Rockefeller, the richest figure in american history. The muckrakers are most commonly associated with the progressive era period of american history. Over 100 classics of american investigative journalism, from tom paine to bob woodward. The history of the standard oil company, published in 1904. Muckraking and yellow journalism report morgan courtney. First to be finished off was the muckrakers, which was edited back in 1961 by arthur and lila weinberg. Muckrakers and yellow journalismthe years following the american civil war were a time of industrial and technological expansion in the united states unlike any the world had seen previously. Home browse communication journalism journalism history muckrakers.

Originally serialized in nineteen parts in mcclures magazine, the book is a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large. The muckrakers provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption and social hardships caused by the power of big business in a rapidly industrializing united states. The term muckraker refers to reformminded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting. The term derives from the word muckrake used by president theodore roosevelt in a speech in 1906, in which he agreed with many of the charges. Henry demarest lloyd, a journalist working for the chicago tribune, published a series of articles exposing corruption in business and politics in the early 1880s. Its a biased account from a progressive author, but nonetheless a useful one for gaining some perspective on the internal and external conflicts and controversies that surrounded the movement. Wrote the jungle one of the most influential books of the progressive era intended to bring attention to the plight of workers. This groundbreaking new book presents the most important examples of worldchanging journalism, spanning one. Muckrakers, as the name suggests, were those who made profound efforts to rake the muck out of the society with their reformativ. This included the story of a great monopoly 1881 and the political economy of seventythree million dollars 1882 in the atlantic monthly and making bread dear 1883 and lords of industry. Theodore roosevelt, william howard taft, and the golden age of journalism by doris kearns goodwin, fast fo. Muckrakers dug up dirt on bigbusiness ida tarbell, who documented the growth of the rockefellers standard oil company in 1904, got her start working for mcclures magazine and was one of the first women muckrakers.

From the days of muckraking to modernday enterprise journalism, ink on newsprint has kept the public in the know for centuries. A brief history of media muckraking reformminded journalists over the years have ranged from ida tarbell to woodward and bernstein. Stein, harry h, american muckraking of technology since 1900, journalism quarterly 67, 2, 1990, summer. The journalism that changed america serrin, judith, serrin, william on. The muckrakers would become known for their investigative journalism, evolving from the eras of personal journalism a term historians emery and emery used in the press and america 6th ed.

This defined america as a nation that had the courage to see what was. Muckraker, any of a group of american writers identified with preworld war i reform and expose literature. The muckraking life of charles edward russell, was named the best book in the country in journalism and mass communication. Practitioners sometimes use the terms watchdog reporting or accountability reporting. Muckraking the journalism that changed america june 1. In an era when human rights are in the spotlight and the fate of newspapers hangs in the balance, here is both a riveting read and a sweeping argument for why the world needs longform investigative reporting. List of books and articles about muckrakers online. The jungle, muckrakers, and teddy roosevelt nehedsitement. Wetmore and lincoln steffens shows examples of both muckraking and yellow journalism. Have shaped american history by rodger streitmatter westview press, 1997. The novel itself is a chilling expose into the dangerous world of immigrants facing adversity in the industrial system of chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century. Journalism textbooks point out that mcclures muckraking standards, have become integral to the character of modern investigative journalism. The muckrakers used journalism and writing to change the world.

But a century after an american president coined a pejorative word to describe itmuckrakingexpose journalism has proved to be cyclical, waxing in some political periods and waning in others. Happy 10th birthday to fast food nation and long live the muckrakers. But a century after an american president coined a pejorative word to describe itmuckrakingexpose journal. Discover librarianselected research resources on muckrakers from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. The muckrakers were a group of investigative reporters and authors who looked into corruption, greed, and corporate wrongdoing in the late 1800s through the 1910s. The muckrakers would become known for their investigative journalism, evolving from the eras of personal journalisma term historians emery and emery used in the press and america 6th ed. Muckraking has been studied for over one hundred years, not only by historians but also by economists and political scientists. President theodore roosevelt described these journalists as muckrakers. The journalistic movement emerged in the united states after 1900 and continued to be influential until world war i, when the movement came to an end through a combination of. Ponder, stephen, nonpublicity and the unmaking of a president.

A study in technique journalism media manual, by david spark paperback dec 1999 this book. A narrative history of a nations journalism by christopher b. This section highlights just a few of the books and articles on the subject. Muckraking journalism is part and parcel of american democracy. In fact, it might be one of the best muckraking books ever written and proudly sits. Discover librarianselected research resources on journalism history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. His writing on the first amendment has won national. Muckraking is a book of collected newpaper article and a few radio transcripts that show the development of exposing wrongful doing in american history.

Curriculum unit on the historical context of upton sinclairs novel the jungle and how the book helped reform efforts in congress to pass the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act in 1906. In 1992 he was a fulbright scholar, lecturing in the netherlands. A concise guide to all things historical, this feast of facts and compelling stories recounts the revolutionary ideas, acts, and. Ida tarbell november 5, 1857january 6, 1944 was a critic of corporate power and muckraking journalist. Job creation and industrial development were unequivocally considered to be social goods. Muckraking the journalism that changed america by judith serrin. Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on events. Muckraking the journalism that changed america edition 1. In 1999, when nyus department of journalism ranked important works of journalism from the 20th century, ida tarbells. Fosters city sketches in the new york press points to the historical developments and significance of alternative, or nonmainstream, forms of journalism. It is a global look at the 20thcentury writers who have dared to uncover stories of injustice and abuse. Edited by the noted author and journalist anya schiffrin, global muckraking is a sweeping introduction to international journalism that has galvanized the worlds attention. How ida tarbell, upton sinclair, and lincoln steffens. Including examples of muckraking from newspapers, magazines, and television, the volume traces the history of muckraking journalism and investigative reporting from the turn of the century, when a band of magazine writers were exposing political and business corruption, to the sixties and seventies when television and newspaper reporters.

In fact, it might be one of the best muckraking books ever written and proudly sits alongside the jungle by upton sinclair and silent spring by rachel carson. Dec 24, 2007 its when someone brings into public attention shady practices like bribery or other corrupted behaviour for example in the form of journalism muckraking is a sleazy way for a politician or. Investigative reporting has long been considered a vital bulwark of democracy as a check on wrongdoing in politics and public policy. Readers interested in history and journalism will love this book.

Ida minerva tarbell november 5, 1857 january 6, 1944 was an american writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. This groundbreaking new book presents the most important examples of worldchanging journalism, spanning one hundred years and every continent. From upton sinclairs book, the jungle to ida tarbells investigation of john d. An exploration of the role of the journalist in a democratic society that defines the relationship between an objective reportorial stance and that of the muckraker who crusades on an issue to expose what he sees as evil, miraldi traces the history of muckraking journalism and investigative reporting from the turn of the century through the sixties and seventies.

And while reporting practices, writing styles, and access to data and technology have changed, the driving force behind investigative journalism to educate, inform, expose, and influencehas not. The irresistible history of gossip in american politics. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. A muckraking model investigative reporting cycles in. Denitsa yotova, university of maryland antebellum urban reporting as literary journalism and muckraking. The journalism that changed america by serrin, judith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Progressive reform in the early decades of the twentieth century depended upon journalism as an. Muckrakers were journalists and novelists of the progressive era who sought to expose. Journalistic media include print, television, radio, internet, and, in the past, newsreels. Aug 17, 2007 upon researching literature from the 1920s, i came across an article about the jungle, a 1906 novel by muckraker journalist upton sinclair. Some of the articles id never read and many of them i never knew about. These progressive era journalists were called muckrakers because.