Journalistic History

11. Yellow Journalism- The cartoon "Hogan's Alley" depicted a tenement urchin, "The Yellow Kid," who mocked upper-class customs and wore a yellow gown. When THE JOURNAL matched THE WORLD in color print, the author of the cartoon switched newspapers. The ensuing dispute gave rise to "yellow journalism" (unprincipled journalism) and led to the recruitment of countless newsboys in a bid to increase sales. The biggest yellow journalists were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst ("Please remain. You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war.")

17. Bohemian Thinkers- Many of these "thinkers" lived in Greenwich Village, NYC. They supported Freudian psychoanalysis, rejected traditional sexual traditions, and the Victorian life. This group included Isadore Duncan; the Ashcan artists (Henri, Sloan, and Luk); Eugene O'Neill, the playwright; Margaret Sanger, early supporter of birth control. Their influence