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Investigative Journalism in the United States

A History, with Profiles of Journalists and Writers Who Practiced the Form

by Edd Applegate (Author)
©2023 Monographs VI, 210 Pages

Summary

This book presents the history of investigative journalism in the United States. It includes biographical details of various journalists and writers who wrote about possible wrongdoing by businesses and state or federal employees. Several of those discussed helped bring about political and social change as a result of what they exposed. Others focused on individuals who were in positions of power or prestige and who misused their positions for personal gain. Each biographical sketch includes the journalist’s name and dates of birth and death, if deceased. The writer’s life is summarized, with information pertaining to his or her professional career and major works. Also included is a substantial bibliography.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Applegate, Edd, author.
Title: Investigative journalism in the United States: a history, with
profiles of journalists and writers who practiced the form / Edd
Applegate.
Description: New York: Peter Lang, [2023] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023019167 (print) | LCCN 2023019168 (ebook) | ISBN
9781433194771 (hardback) | ISBN 9781433194788 (ebook) | ISBN
9781433194795 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Investigative reporting–United States. |
Journalists–United States–Biography.
Classification: LCC PN4888.I56 A67 2023 (print) | LCC PN4888.I56 (ebook)
| DDC 070.92/2 [B]–dc23/eng/20230727
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023019167
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023019168
DOI 10.3726/b19295

 

 

 

 

 

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ISBN 9781433194771 (hardback)
ISBN 9781433194788 (ebook)
ISBN 9781433194795 (epub)
DOI 10.3726/b19295

© 2023 Edd Applegate
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Edd Applegate, professor emeritus, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, taught undergraduate and graduate courses for more than thirty years. In addition to teaching, he wrote numerous academic books, journal articles, chapters and entries for reference books. Applegate earned his doctorate at Oklahoma State University.

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book presents the history of investigative journalism in the United States. It includes biographical details of various journalists and writers who wrote about possible wrongdoing by businesses and state or federal employees. Several of those discussed helped bring about political and social change as a result of what they exposed. Others focused on individuals who were in positions of power or prestige and who misused their positions for personal gain. Each biographical sketch includes the journalist’s name and dates of birth and death, if deceased. The writer’s life is summarized, with information pertaining to his or her professional career and major works. Also included is a substantial bibliography.

THIS EBOOK CAN BE CITED

This edition of the eBook can be cited. To enable this we have marked the start and end of a page. In cases where a word straddles a page break, the marker is placed inside the word at exactly the same position as in the physical book. This means that occasionally a word might be bifurcated by this marker.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Details

Pages
VI, 210
Publication Year
2023
ISBN (PDF)
9781433194788
ISBN (ePUB)
9781433194795
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433194771
DOI
10.3726/b19295
Language
English
Publication date
2023 (September)
Keywords
journalism investigative muckraking advocacy adversarial expose watchdog Investigative Journalism in the United States A History, with Profiles of Journalists and Writers Who Practiced the Form Edd Applegate yellow
Published
New York, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, Oxford, 2023. VI, 210 pp.

Biographical notes

Edd Applegate (Author)

Edd Applegate, professor emeritus, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, taught undergraduate and graduate courses for more than thirty years. In addition to teaching, he wrote numerous academic books, journal articles, chapters and entries for reference books. Applegate earned his doctorate at Oklahoma State University.

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