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Overview
Over 100 classics of American investigative journalism, from Tom Paine to Bob Woodward. In collecting the kind of reportage that all too rarely appears in this age of media triviality and corporate conglomeration, Muckraking! documents an alternative journalistic tradition, one marked by depth of vision, passion for change, and bravery. From the Stamp Act to the abolition movement to the Vietnam war, from the fight against patent medicines to the elimination of labor spies, from the integration of baseball to the safety of government atomic workers, and from putting people in jail to getting them out, this book illustrates the great journalism that has made America a better country. With more than 125 entries that range across three centuries, Muckraking! brings together the greatest moments of American journalism. Supplying historical context and critical commentary, the book also includes a selection of influential photographs and illustrations. By turns compelling and shocking, Muckraking! is an anthology for anyone who feels passionate about the heights that journalism can climb or its ability to illuminate the darkest depths. 10 black-and-white illustrations.Muckraking! features:
"Escape to Freedom" by Frederick Douglass (1834)
"Ten Days in a Madhouse" by Nellie Bly (1887)
"Eyewitness at Triangle" by William G. Shepherd (1911)
"Harvest Gypsies" by John Steinbeck (1936)
"Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader (1965)
"The My Lai Massacre" by Seymour Hersh (1969)
"AIDS Victims Seeking Help" by Randy Shilts (1985)
"The Plutonium Experiment" by EileenWelsome (1993)
and over 100 other classics
Author Biography: Judith Serrin has been a professor of journalism and a newspaper reporter and editor for several publications, most recently the Knight-Ridder Washington bureau. William Serrin is an associate professor of journalism at New York University, author of several books, including Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town, and editor of The Business of Journalism (The New Press).
Synopsis
Over 100 classics of American investigative journalism, from Tom Paine to Bob Woodward. In collecting the kind of reportage that all too rarely appears in this age of media triviality and corporate conglomeration, Muckraking! documents an alternative journalistic tradition, one marked by depth of vision, passion for change, and bravery. From the Stamp Act to the abolition movement to the Vietnam war, from the fight against patent medicines to the elimination of labor spies, from the integration of baseball to the safety of government atomic workers, and from putting people in jail to getting them out, this book illustrates the great journalism that has made America a better country. With more than 125 entries that range across three centuries, Muckraking! brings together the greatest moments of American journalism. Supplying historical context and critical commentary, the book also includes a selection of influential photographs and illustrations. By turns compelling and shocking, Muckraking! is an anthology for anyone who feels passionate about the heights that journalism can climb or its ability to illuminate the darkest depths. 10 black-and-white illustrations.
Muckraking! features:
• "Escape to Freedom" by Frederick Douglass (1834)
• "Ten Days in a Madhouse" by Nellie Bly (1887)
• "Eyewitness at Triangle" by William G. Shepherd (1911)
• "Harvest Gypsies" by John Steinbeck (1936)
• "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader (1965)
• "The My Lai Massacre" by Seymour Hersh (1969)
• "AIDS Victims Seeking Help" by Randy Shilts (1985)
• "The Plutonium Experiment" by EileenWelsome (1993)
•and over 100 other classics
Author Biography: Judith Serrin has been a professor of journalism and a newspaper reporter and editor for several publications, most recently the Knight-Ridder Washington bureau. William Serrin is an associate professor of journalism at New York University, author of several books, including Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town, and editor of The Business of Journalism (The New Press).
Library Journal
This is not the first anthology of American investigative journalism, but it is almost surely the most varied, inclusive, and thoughtful. Judith Serrin, a former newspaper reporter, editor, and journalism professor, has teamed with New York University journalism professor William Serrin to select more than 100 examples of investigative journalism of the past 250 years from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, and book publishing. The editors concede in an insightful introduction that the anthology is of necessity laudatory and subjective. However, the subjectivity is tempered by an emphasis on reporting that substantially contributed to political, economic, or social change nationally, regionally, or locally. The anthology is divided into types of topics investigated the poor, the working class, public health and safety, women's rights, politics, race, sports, conservation, war, criminal justice, the media, and two catchall categories labeled muckraking and Americana. All entries within each category are presented chronologically and are introduced with one or more paragraphs that provide background on the journalist showcased and the context of that journalist's quest for truth. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Steve Weinberg, Columbia, MO Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.