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Big City Newspapers Thrive:
The Industrial Age brought the machines that made reporting and disseminating news easier and faster than ever. Immigration brought more people who wanted and needed news more. In a 30-year span, the population of the United States doubled. New York, the largest of the big cities, saw the first newspapers to sell a million copies a day.
Uncovering Dirt:
Danish immigrant Jacob Riis was an early journalism crusader. As a reporter for The (New York) Sun, Riis investigated the city's slums and in 1890 wrote the book "How The Other Half Lives," which prompted nationwide reforms. Theodore Roosevelt called Riis "New York's most useful citizen." |