- Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher of the St
| Born: | 10 April 1847 Comment | | When did Joseph Pulitzer die? / Died | 29 October 1911 | | How many years did Joseph Pulitzer live? / Lived | 64 years | | Zodiac sign: | Aries |
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Joseph Pulitzer facts
- Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World
- Pulitzer introduced the techniques of yellow journalism to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s
- He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York
- He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York
- In the 1890s the fierce competition between his World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal caused both to use yellow journalism for wider appeal; it opened the way to mass-circulation newspapers that depended on advertising revenue and appealed to readers with multiple forms of news, entertainment and advertising
- Today, he is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes, which were established in 1917 by money he bequeathed to Columbia University to recognize artistic and journalistic achievements in the United States
- The prizes are given annually to award achievements in American journalism and photography, as well as literature and history, poetry, music and drama
- Pulitzer founded the Columbia School of Journalism by his philanthropic bequest; it opened in 1912
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