Crusades & Services

The giants of journalism continued on with their powerful encounters
with the public realm through their crusades and various acts of service.

Politics and the Press

Both men of the press were heavily involved with politics, and were considered leading voices of the Democratic party.

While their views were certainly present in their newspapers,
they were sure to include other viewpoints as well.

The Democratic Microbes. Pughe, J. S., 1904.

Courtesy of Gizmodo

Crowd Funding the
Statue of Liberty

One of the most notable incidents of a public service campaign in the press is The World's funding of the pedestal for The Statue of Liberty.

Since The World's readers were primarily from the working class, funding to build the pedestal was fulfilled mostly by small donations. Journalism's encounter with community service crusades served as the first incident of crowd funding.

"There is but one thing that can be done. We must raise the money. The World is the people's
paper, and it now appeals to come forward and raise this money... Take this appeal to yourself personally...
Give something, however little..." — Joseph Pulitzer, urging for donations