Nellie Bly and Investigative Journalism for Kids: Mighty Muckrakers from the Golden Age to Today, with 21 Activities Volume 56

by Ellen Mahoney

Book Overview

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2016

In the late 1800s, the daring young reporter Elizabeth Cochrane--known by the pen name Nellie Bly--faked insanity so she could be committed to a mental institution and secretly report on the awful conditions there. This and other highly publicized investigative "stunts" laid the groundwork for a new kind of journalism in the early 1900s, called "muckraking," dedicated to exposing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161374997X
• ISBN13: 9781613749975
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.9" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7