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Joseph Pulitzer (/ ˈ p ʊ l ɪ t s ər / PUUL-it-sər; born Pulitzer József, Hungarian: [ˈpulit͡sɛr ˈjoːʒɛf]; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World.
Joseph Pulitzer was born to a wealthy family of Magyar-Jewish origin in Mako, Hungary on April 10, 1847. The elder Pulitzer (a grain merchant) retired in Budapest and Joseph grew up and was educated there in private schools and by tutors.
Jul 9, 2024 · Joseph Pulitzer (born April 10, 1847, Makó, Hungary—died October 29, 1911, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who helped to establish the pattern of the modern newspaper. In his time, he was one of the most powerful journalists in the United States.
The Pulitzer Prizes (/ ˈ p ʊ l ɪ t s ər /) are two-dozen annual awards given by Columbia University in New York for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters." They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.
In the latter years of the 19th century, Joseph Pulitzer stood out as the very embodiment of American journalism. Hungarian-born, an intensely indomitable figure, Pulitzer was the most skillful of newspaper publishers; a passionate crusader against dishonest government; a fierce, hawk-like competitor who did not shrink from sensationalism in ...
Jun 11, 2018 · J oseph Pulitzer is considered the inventor of the modern newspaper as a part of the mass media, which today refers to an entertainment or information source, including print and electronic sources, designed to appeal to a very large audience rather than to a narrower audience of people with special interests.
The publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer was largely responsible for the creation of the modern American newspaper. In the last decades of the nineteenth century Pulitzer's New York World combined innovations such as extensive photography and dedicated sportswriters with the sensational stories that attracted a large readership.
Feb 24, 2010 · Joseph Pulitzer was a penniless immigrant who arrived in the U.S. in 1864 speaking no English. He became a reporter, a politician, and, most of all, a media baron who...
Joseph Pulitzer fought for readership with his nemesis, William Randolph Hearst, in the mid-1890s. Both crossed the line into “yellow journalism” during the Spanish-American War.
Oct 11, 2017 · Joseph Pulitzer was one of the most influential figures in the American journalism in the late 19th century. A Hungarian immigrant who learned the newspaper business in the Midwest following the Civil War, he purchased the failing New York World and transformed it into one of the leading papers in the country.
