Duel and Duality: New York, New Journalism
  • Title
    • Thesis
  • Historical Context
    • City Politics and Social Sphere
    • Giants of Journalism
  • Exploring Journalism
    • Path to Yellow Journalism
    • Muckraking
  • Encountering Realms
    • Spanish-Cuban War
    • Crusades & Services
  • Exchanging Beyond
    • Promoting Cultural Exchanges in America
  • More
    • Bibliography
    • Process Paper
  • Title
    • Thesis
  • Historical Context
    • City Politics and Social Sphere
    • Giants of Journalism
  • Exploring Journalism
    • Path to Yellow Journalism
    • Muckraking
  • Encountering Realms
    • Spanish-Cuban War
    • Crusades & Services
  • Exchanging Beyond
    • Promoting Cultural Exchanges in America
  • More
    • Bibliography
    • Process Paper

The Giants of Journalism

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State Historical Society of Missouri.

The World of Pulitzer


Born in Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer suffered the repercussions of
​being an immigrant during his first years in the United States. After experimenting with odd jobs in order to survive the foreign country, Pulitzer eventually found himself in the newspaper business, and later bought the ​moribund New York World.
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​It was not long until after Pulitzer's purchase that The World experienced revival and rapid success, bringing him great wealth.
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The Westliche Post - a German language newspaper and where Pulitzer first worked in the field.
​State Historical Society of Missouri. 
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - the first newspaper that Pulitzer purchases.
Courtesy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Built in 1890, the World building was the tallest in the city at the time. 
​State Historical Society of Missouri. 
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William Randolph Hearst 

Originally serving as a reporter under Pulitzer, William
Hearst began his own career in San Fransisco, implementing
similar styles, and eventually competed with Pulitzer in New
York when he purchased The Journal.


​Hearst aimed to rival Pulitzer in all aspects of the newspaper
business. As a result, an intense circulation war erupted.
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Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Hearst with left-shoe labeled "The Examiner" and
​right-shoe labeled "The Journal" - his two journals.

​Davenport, Homer. 1896. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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The brightly colored New York Journal,
owned by William Randolph Hearst.
 
Marschall, Richard. New York Journal American, 1898. 
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​As two men with very comparable ideas and motives, they both worked
to transform New York during their time as competing newspaper pioneers.

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