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Owen Payne White (1879 - 1946)

Owen Payne White, writer and editor, second son of Alward and Katherine J. (Payne) White, was born at El Paso on June 9, 1879. White graduated from El Paso High School on May 27, 1896, briefly attended...

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Owen Payne White (1879 - 1946)

Owen Payne White, writer and editor, second son of Alward and Katherine J. (Payne) White, was born at El Paso on June 9, 1879. White graduated from El Paso High School on May 27, 1896, briefly attended...

4/7/2023

Jack Anderson MP (1922 - 2005)

Jack Northman Anderson was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism. Anderson won the 1972 Pulitzer Pri...

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7/1/2008
9/26/2015
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Jack Anderson MP (1922 - 2005)

Jack Northman Anderson was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism. Anderson won the 1972 Pulitzer Pri...

9/26/2015

Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847 - 1903)

Demarest Lloyd (May 1, 1847 – September 28, 1903) was a 19th-century American progressive political activist and pioneer muckraking journalist. He is best remembered for his exposes of the Standard Oil...

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10/25/2008
5/21/2015
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Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847 - 1903)

Demarest Lloyd (May 1, 1847 – September 28, 1903) was a 19th-century American progressive political activist and pioneer muckraking journalist. He is best remembered for his exposes of the Standard Oil...

5/21/2015

Jack London MP (1876 - 1916)

"John Griffith"

Jack London (born John Griffith Cheney) American Author London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fict...

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12/1/2014
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Jack London MP (1876 - 1916)

"John Griffith"

Jack London (born John Griffith Cheney) American Author London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fict...

12/1/2014

John Sanborn Phillips (1861 - 1949)

"Sanburn"

Sanborn Phillips (1861–1949) attended Knox College in Illinois, where he worked on the student newspaper. He met S. S. McClure there and the two went on to found the famous McClure's Magazine in 1893, ...

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John Sanborn Phillips (1861 - 1949)

"Sanburn"

Sanborn Phillips (1861–1949) attended Knox College in Illinois, where he worked on the student newspaper. He met S. S. McClure there and the two went on to found the famous McClure's Magazine in 1893, ...

12/1/2014

William Allen White MP (1868 - 1944)

William Allen WHITE (1868-1944), author, journalist, war correspondent (1939-1941), Pulitzer Prize recipient (1923), editor and proprieter of the Emporia Gazette (1895-1944), married in 1893 to Sallie ...

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William Allen White MP (1868 - 1944)

William Allen WHITE (1868-1944), author, journalist, war correspondent (1939-1941), Pulitzer Prize recipient (1923), editor and proprieter of the Emporia Gazette (1895-1944), married in 1893 to Sallie ...

12/1/2014

S. S. McClure (1857 - 1949)

"S. S. McClure"

Sidney McClure (1857–1949) was an American publisher who became known as a key figure in investigative, or muckraking, journalism. He co-founded and ran McClure's Magazine from 1893 to 1911.BiographyHe...

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S. S. McClure (1857 - 1949)

"S. S. McClure"

Sidney McClure (1857–1949) was an American publisher who became known as a key figure in investigative, or muckraking, journalism. He co-founded and ran McClure's Magazine from 1893 to 1911.BiographyHe...

12/1/2014

Nellie Bly MP (1864 - 1922)

""Nellie Bly"", "Nellie Bly", ""Pink" Cochran", "Elizabeth Cochrane", "pen name Nellie Bly", ""Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman."

Nellie Bly was the pen name of American pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's charac...

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12/1/2014
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Nellie Bly MP (1864 - 1922)

""Nellie Bly"", "Nellie Bly", ""Pink" Cochran", "Elizabeth Cochrane", "pen name Nellie Bly", ""Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman."

Nellie Bly was the pen name of American pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's charac...

12/1/2014

Julius Chambers, F.R.G.S (1850 - 1920)

Chambers, F.R.G.S., (November 21, 1850 - February 12, 1920) was an American author, editor, journalist, travel writer, and activist against psychiatric abuse.Life and worksJulius Chambers was born in B...

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Julius Chambers, F.R.G.S (1850 - 1920)

Chambers, F.R.G.S., (November 21, 1850 - February 12, 1920) was an American author, editor, journalist, travel writer, and activist against psychiatric abuse.Life and worksJulius Chambers was born in B...

12/1/2014

Morgan Spurlock MP (1970 - 2024)

Morgan Spurlock was an American documentary filmmaker and television producer. Spurlock gained acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me (2004), which earned a Academy Award for Best Document...

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Morgan Spurlock MP (1970 - 2024)

Morgan Spurlock was an American documentary filmmaker and television producer. Spurlock gained acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me (2004), which earned a Academy Award for Best Document...

12/1/2014

Bob Woodward MP

"Bob"

Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor there.While a young r...

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7/25/2011
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Bob Woodward MP

"Bob"

Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor there.While a young r...

12/1/2014

Malcolm Johnson MP (1904 - 1976)

Johnson (September 24, 1904 – June 18, 1976) was a noted investigative journalist of the 1940s and 1950s. His 24-part series in the New York Sun, Crime on the Waterfront, won the Pulitzer Prize for Loc...

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Malcolm Johnson MP (1904 - 1976)

Johnson (September 24, 1904 – June 18, 1976) was a noted investigative journalist of the 1940s and 1950s. His 24-part series in the New York Sun, Crime on the Waterfront, won the Pulitzer Prize for Loc...

12/1/2014

John Howard Griffin MP (1920 - 1980)

John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author, much of whose writing was about racial equality. He is best known for darkening his skin and journeying ...

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John Howard Griffin MP (1920 - 1980)

John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author, much of whose writing was about racial equality. He is best known for darkening his skin and journeying ...

12/1/2014

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary o...

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1/17/2012
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Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary o...

12/1/2014

Sy Hersh MP

Washington, DC, United States

Regular contributor to the New Yorker. Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker m...

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12/1/2014
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Sy Hersh MP

Washington, DC, United States

Regular contributor to the New Yorker. Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker m...

12/1/2014

Alexander Claud Cockburn (1941 - 2012)

Claud Cockburn ( /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; 6 June 1941 – 21 July 2012) was an Irish American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up in Ireland but had lived and worked in the United States...

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Alexander Claud Cockburn (1941 - 2012)

Claud Cockburn ( /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; 6 June 1941 – 21 July 2012) was an Irish American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up in Ireland but had lived and worked in the United States...

12/1/2014

I. F. Stone MP (1907 - 1989)

"Izzy", "Isidor", "Isadore"

Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989; born Isidor Feinstein, better known as I.F. Stone and Izzy Stone) was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist. He is best remembered for hi...

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I. F. Stone MP (1907 - 1989)

"Izzy", "Isidor", "Isadore"

Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989; born Isidor Feinstein, better known as I.F. Stone and Izzy Stone) was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist. He is best remembered for hi...

12/1/2014

George Seldes MP (1890 - 1995)

George Seldes, wikipedia (a cursory an often belittling piece that does not do justice to this man's work) Other accounts need to be read to better appreciate this man's life: # ]]

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George Seldes MP (1890 - 1995)

George Seldes, wikipedia (a cursory an often belittling piece that does not do justice to this man's work) Other accounts need to be read to better appreciate this man's life: # ]]

12/1/2014

Jessica Mitford MP (1917 - 1996)

"Decca"

Jessica Lucy Mitford , nicknamed Decca or Dec , writer and campaigner, was born in Burford, Oxfordshire on 11 September 1917 and died Oakland, California 23 July 1996. Parents: 7th and penultimate chil...

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Jessica Mitford MP (1917 - 1996)

"Decca"

Jessica Lucy Mitford , nicknamed Decca or Dec , writer and campaigner, was born in Burford, Oxfordshire on 11 September 1917 and died Oakland, California 23 July 1996. Parents: 7th and penultimate chil...

12/1/2014

Claud Cockburn (1904 - 1981)

"Author", "novelist and journalist"

Claud Cockburn of Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Munster, Ireland ( /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; 12 April 1904 – 15 December 1981) was a British journalist. He was a well known proponent of communism. His ...

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Claud Cockburn (1904 - 1981)

"Author", "novelist and journalist"

Claud Cockburn of Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Munster, Ireland ( /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; 12 April 1904 – 15 December 1981) was a British journalist. He was a well known proponent of communism. His ...

12/1/2014