Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall
Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall

Author: Jerry Harrington

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017-01-09

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1439659192

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On December 12, 1934, police raided a canning factory in Cedar Rapids, uncovering an illegal liquor and gambling set-up. Verne Marshall, tempestuous editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, sensed a bigger story and a wider network of corruption. His aggressive investigative reporting led to multiple resignations, nearly fifty indictments and the dramatic trial of the state's attorney general. These explosive exposés earned Verne Marshall and the paper the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Author Jerry Harrington traces the legacy of Marshall's incendiary crusade across Iowa's political landscape.

Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall: Exposing Graft and the 1936 Pulitzer Prize
Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall: Exposing Graft and the 1936 Pulitzer Prize

Author: Jerry Harrington

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467135976

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On December 12, 1934, police raided a canning factory in Cedar Rapids, uncovering an illegal liquor and gambling set-up. Verne Marshall, tempestuous editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, sensed a bigger story and a wider network of corruption. His aggressive investigative reporting led to multiple resignations, nearly fifty indictments and the dramatic trial of the state's attorney general. These explosive exposâes earned Verne Marshall and the paper the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Author Jerry Harrington traces the legacy of Marshall's incendiary crusade across Iowa's political landscape.

Journalism's Martyrs
Journalism's Martyrs

Author: Andrew Weeks

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-04-12

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1476646147

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Journalists have often put themselves in danger to convey crucial information to the public. Many journalists have even died doing their jobs, investigating crimes or traveling to battle zones--and sometimes documenting events in their own communities. Recently, reporters have been assaulted, mocked and silenced, their reports dubbed "fake news" and them, "enemies of the people." A free press is one of the country's most reliable foundations for ensuring a democracy for current and future generations. With a focus on American journalism, this book tackles issues affecting today's news through profiling journalists killed on the job, whether from violent conspiracy, terrorism or mass shootings.

Crusade for Education
Crusade for Education

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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A non-fee placement journal describing verified professional openings in the United States and abroad for teachers, librarians, administrators and scientists. Ulrich's Periodical directory, 10th ed. p. 450.

Crusade for Justice
Crusade for Justice

Author: Ida B. Wells

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2020-04-17

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 022669156X

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The NAACP co-founder, civil rights activist, educator, and journalist recounts her public and private life in this classic memoir. Born to enslaved parents, Ida B. Wells was a pioneer of investigative journalism, a crusader against lynching, and a tireless advocate for suffrage, both for women and for African Americans. She co-founded the NAACP, started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, and was a leader in the early civil rights movement, working alongside W. E. B. Du Bois, Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Church Terrell, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony. This engaging memoir, originally published 1970, relates Wells’s private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice. This updated edition includes a new foreword by Eve L. Ewing, new images, and a new afterword by Ida B. Wells’s great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster. “No student of black history should overlook Crusade for Justice.” —William M. Tuttle, Jr., Journal of American History