Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America

Title: Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America Author: Stephanie Gorton ISBN: 9780062796653 Publisher: Ecco Published: 2024 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1623424 Publisher Description: 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 i