American Decades
"The College of Journalism"
Journal article
By: Joseph Pulitzer
Date: May 1904
Source: Pulitzer, Joseph. "The College of Journalism." North American Review, May 1904, 641, 678–680.
About the Author: Born in Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911) remains the most influential journalist in American history. His brand of newspaper publishing, dubbed "yellow journalism," offered readers titillating accounts of trials, trysts, and tragedy, but its foundation was investigative reporting and sharp editorials. Pulitzer's $2 million contribution to Columbia University helped create a graduate school for journalism and establish the Pulitzer Prizes. First awarded in 1917, the prizes soon became the most prestigious awards in journalism, while also honoring excellence in other creative fields.
Introduction
A battle for the soul of journalism raged through the first decade of the twentieth...
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1900's Media Primary Sources
- "Lynch Law in America"
- News Coverage of Natural Disasters
- "'Tabloid Journalism': Its Causes and Effects"
- Political Cartoons Critical of U.S. Imperialism
- Did the New York Journal Kill President McKinley?
- Our National Parks
- "American Progress in Habana"
- The Great Train Robbery
- "The College of Journalism"
- The Shame of the Cities
- "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces"
- "The Man with the Muck Rake"
- The Outlook and the Civil Rights Movement
- The Jungle
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
