Joseph Pulitzer
Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)
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Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician who lived from 1847 to 1911 and became one of the most influential figures in American journalism. He matters because he transformed American newspapers through his innovative approach to reporting and publishing, which shaped how news was gathered and presented to the public.
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- 1847
- Died
- 1911
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- The School of Journalism in Columbia University
- Joseph Pulitzer papers
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Joseph Pulitzer (/ˈpʊlɪtsər/ PUUL-it-sər; born Pulitzer József, Hungarian: [ˈpulit͡sɛr ˈjoːʒɛf]; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the U.S. Democratic Party and served one term representing New York's 9th congressional district.
In the 1890s, the fierce competition between his World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal led both to develop the techniques of yellow journalism, which won over readers with sensationalism, sex, crime, and graphic horrors. Circulation reached a million copies a day, and the journalism opened the way to mass-circulation newspapers that depended on advertising revenue, rather than on cover price or on political-party subsidies. Such newspapers attracted readers by using multiple forms of news, gossip, entertainment, and advertising.
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