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“Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together," Pulitzer wrote. "An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.”

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Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American publisher who had a profound impact on the development of American journalism. He is renowned for his role as the publisher of the New York World, where he introduced innovative reporting methods and set high standards for investigative journalism. Pulitzer was also a distinguished philanthropist, establishing the Pulitzer Prize, which is awarded annually for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online, and musical composition journalism, as well as for public service. more

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