Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Preview
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Discover the man behind the Pulitzer Prizes.
Discover the man behind the prizes. A journalist who became a media mogul with an outspoken, cantankerous editorial voice and best-selling newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer championed what he regarded as the sacred role of the free press in a democracy.
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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Preview
Preview: 4/12/2019 | 2m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover the man behind the prizes. A journalist who became a media mogul with an outspoken, cantankerous editorial voice and best-selling newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer championed what he regarded as the sacred role of the free press in a democracy.
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Joseph Pulitzer's and the Brooklyn Bridge
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Clip: 4/12/2019 | 2m 31s | How Joseph Pulitzer challenged the one-penny pedestrian toll on the Brooklyn Bridge. (2m 31s)
The Spanish-American War and Yellow Journalism
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Clip: 4/12/2019 | 1m 3s | How Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst crossed the line into "yellow journalism." (1m 3s)
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