Basics
This type of journalism investigates problems and exposes unfairness.
What is investigative journalism?
This journalist investigated and wrote about lynching in the United States.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This journalist went undercover in a mental asylum.
Who is Nellie Bly?
This journalist investigated the Standard Oil Company.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
This journalist used photographs to show living conditions in cities.
Who is Jacob Riis?
Investigative journalists often use interviews, documents, and this skill to uncover the truth.
What is research?
Ida B. Wells used this type of evidence to support her claims about lynching.
What are facts and statistics?
Nellie Bly pretended to be this in order to investigate conditions.
What is a patient?
The company she investigated had this much control over the oil industry.
What is a monopoly?
Jacob Riis wrote about life in this type of housing.
What are tenements?
Investigative journalism focuses on long-term issues rather than this type of news.
What is breaking news?
Ida B. Wells took risks because of this belief.
What is that injustice should be exposed / people deserve the truth?
Her investigation helped expose poor treatment of people in institutions.
What is abuse or mistreatment?
Ida Tarbell used business records and interviews to do this.
What is investigate corporate corruption?
Photographs helped make his reporting more powerful because they showed this.
What is visual evidence?
This is the main purpose of investigative journalism.
What is to expose injustice or inform the public about hidden problems?
Her reporting challenged widely believed false stories about lynching.
What is misinformation or false narratives?
Nellie Bly gathered information by experiencing events firsthand.
What is firsthand evidence?
Her work showed how powerful companies can harm this group.
What are consumers or the public?
His work focused on poverty and this major problem in cities.
What is overcrowding or unsafe living conditions?
Investigative journalism can lead to this kind of change in society.
What is social reform or change?
Ida B. Wells showed this important trait of investigative journalists.
What is courage or bravery?
Her work led to this improvement after publication.
What is reforms or better conditions?
Ida Tarbell’s reporting helped lead to this government action.
What is breaking up monopolies or antitrust laws?
Jacob Riis’s work helped convince people to care about this issue.
What is urban poverty or housing reform?