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Biography

Name: Joseph Pulitzer
Birth Date: 1847
Death Date: October 29, 1911
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Place of Death: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: publisher, editor

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Biography of Joseph Pulitzer
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), Hungarian-born editor and publisher, was instrumental in developing yellow journalism in the United States. Joseph Pulitzer's father was a well-to-do grain dealer. Joseph was born in Budapest in April 1847. Thin,...
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Biography of Joseph Pulitzer
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One of the most powerful and respected newspaper publishers in American journalism history, Joseph Pulitzer built his empire with two major newspapers in the post-Civil War era. His somewhat paradoxical achievements as a "New Journalist" and "yellow...


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Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer ( 1847-04-10 – 1911-10-29 ) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism. A perhaps...


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Pulitzer, Joseph (1847-1911) Summary
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Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-born American journalist and innovative newspaper publisher of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but he is perhaps best known as the founder of the Pulitzer Prize. Recruited by an American agent,...
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Pulitzer, Joseph Summary
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Born April 10, 1847 Mako, Hungary Died October 29, 1911 Charleston, South Carolina Publisher who created mass-circulation newspapers that strongly affected government policy Joseph Pulitzer....
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Joseph Pulitzer Information
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Joseph Pulitzer (English pronunciation: /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/[1]; April 10, 1847[2] – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating...


News and Journals
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Journalism History
No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III
07/01/2006: 843 words, approx. 3 pages
Pfaff, Daniel W. No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005. 376 pp. $34.95. The burden of history can be great on those who bear the name of their prominent and influential ancestors. This notion, Daniel...
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Columbia Journalism Review
Joseph Pulitzer nods and smiles. (tribute by his grandson)(Column)
09/01/1997: 1,054 words, approx. 4 pages
Joseph Pulitzer's influence on journalism extends from his conception of specialized sports and lifestyle sections to his reliance on sensationalism to hook readers. Pulitzer's association with the Columbia University School of Journalism is symbolized by the current renovation of the World Room, which is...
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The New York Observer
Events for May 5-7, 2007
5/4/2007: 329 words, approx. 1 pages
Saturday 10 a.m. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum will speak at a citywide conference on special education at City College, 137th Street and Convent Avenue, in the Bronx. 10 a.m. The Parks Department's Natural Resource Group will host a gardening sale of local plants at the...
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The New York Observer
Who Says the Editors Are So Smart?
6/12/2007: 368 words, approx. 1 pages
As Rupert Murdoch continues his $60-a-share courtship of the Bancroft family and their showcase property, The Wall Street Journal, there’s been a fair amount of whining and yelping from journalistic watchdogs nervous about Mr. Murdoch’s intentions. In their dark imaginings, if Mr. Murdoch’s purchase is...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Silas Bent
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In the following essay, Bent focuses on the crusades against government and big business corruption undertaken by Pulitzer's newspapers the New York World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Critical Essay by Don C. Seitz
6,655 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay Seitz offers a largely anecdotal look at Pulitzer's career as owner/editor of the New York World.
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Critical Essay by Oswald Garrison Villard
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In the following essay, Villard summarizes the editorial history of Pulitzer's newspaper the World.
 


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