Citizen Reporters by Stephanie Gorton

Citizen Reporters by Stephanie Gorton

FINALIST FOR THE SPERBER PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM - BIOGRAPHY 

A fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure's and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm--as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America

The president of the United States made headlines around the world when he publicly attacked the press, denouncing reporters who threatened his reputation as "muckrakers" and "forces for evil." The year was 1906, the president was Theodore Roosevelt--and the publication that provoked his fury was McClure's magazine.

One of the most influential magazines in American history, McClure's drew over 400,000 readers and published the groundbreaking stories that defined the Gilded Age, including the investigation of Standard Oil that toppled the Rockefeller monopoly. Driving this revolutionary publication--a cornerstone in the history of journalism--were two improbable newcomers united by single-minded ambition. S. S. McClure was an Irish immigrant, who, despite bouts of mania, overthrew his impoverished upbringing and bent the New York media world to his will. His steadying hand and star reporter was Ida Tarbell, a woman who defied gender expectations and became a notoriously fearless journalist. Through McClure's, they cemented investigative journalism's crucial role in democracy and introduced Americans to the voices of Willa Cather, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, and many others.

Tracing McClure's from its meteoric rise to its spectacularly swift and dramatic combustion, Citizen Reporters is a thrillingly told, deeply researched work of American history and biography of a powerhouse magazine that forever changed American life. It's also a timely case study that demonstrates the crucial importance of journalists who are unafraid to speak truth to power.

• Gilded Age History: Go behind the scenes of the investigation that toppled the Rockefeller monopoly and provoked the fury of President Theodore Roosevelt.
• A Biography of Muckrakers: Discover the improbable partnership between S. S. McClure, an ambitious Irish immigrant, and Ida Tarbell, the notoriously fearless reporter who defied gender expectations.
• A Free Press in Democracy: Learn how McClure's cemented the crucial role of speaking truth to power and forever changed the landscape of American journalism.
• Landmark Literary History: Trace the magazine's meteoric rise and see how it introduced Americans to the iconic voices of Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Gorton, Stephanie: - Stephanie Gorton has written for NewYorker.com, Smithsonian.com, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Toast, The Millions, and other publications. Previously, she held editorial roles at Canongate Books, the Overlook Press, and Open Road. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and Goucher College's MFA program in creative nonfiction, she lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her family.

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ISBN 13	9780062796646
ISBN 10	006279664X
Titel	Citizen Reporters
Autor	Stephanie Gorton
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2020-02-18
Seitenanzahl	384
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