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In his early childhood, the Irwin family moved to Clayville, New York, a farming and mining center south of Utica. In about 1878, his father moved to Leadville, Colorado, established himself in the lumber business, and brought his family there. When his business failed, Irwin's father moved the family to Twin Lakes, Colorado. A hotel business ...
Muckraker David Graham Philips believed that the tag of muckraker brought about the end of the movement as it was easier to group and attack the journalists. [ 25 ] The term eventually came to be used in reference to investigative journalists who reported about and exposed such issues as crime, fraud, waste, public health and safety, graft, and ...
In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the "free press" in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check , the first code of ethics for journalists was created. [ 2 ]
Virginia State University was founded on March 6, 1882, when the legislature passed a bill to charter the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. The bill was sponsored by Delegate Alfred W. Harris , a Black attorney whose offices were in Petersburg, but who lived in and represented Dinwiddie County in the General Assembly.
Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American investigative journalist and one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century. He launched a series of articles in McClure's , called "Tweed Days in St. Louis", [ 1 ] that would later be published together in a book titled The Shame of the ...
ETTRICK − Authorities at Virginia State University have lifted a lockdown after determining there was no credible safety threat from a report of shots fired near a residence hall on the far east ...
Katherine Marie Howard Bennett (October 17, 1922 – December 20, 2009) was an African-American pioneer for women's collegiate athletics. Raised by a single mother in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Bennett attended school where she found fun in extra curriculars such as debate, band, and drama club.
A shooting injured four people at Virginia State University early Wednesday, police said. None of the victims or suspects are enrolled for the fall semester, according to university spokesperson ...