biography
pronunciation:
[poolitser]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1847–1911)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in Mako, Hungary. Arriving in the USA in 1864 to fight in the Union army, he then won such prominence as a reporter for a German-language daily paper in St Louis, MO that he was nominated and elected to the state legislature at age 22. After studying law and joining the bar, he turned again to journalism, acquiring the St Louis Dispatch and merging it with the Post. The resulting crusading newspaper won a solid reputation and wide readership. In 1883 he purchased the New York World in which he combined intelligent, crusading editorials with coverage that grew increasingly sensational as Pulitzer (plagued by nervous and physical disorders, including encroaching blindness) sought to compete with William Randolph Hearst's Journal. In his last years, he began moulding the World into a respected newspaper, and he provided in his will for establishing the Columbia School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prizes. |
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