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Newspapers and NewsiesNovember 24, 2015
The daredevil antics of Nellie Bly (subject of our last podcast) proved that investigative journalism could prove a benefit to society while also selling stacks of newspapers (specifically, those of Joseph Pullitzer's New York World). A few months after Bly's trip to Blackwell's Island, Jacob Riis published…
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