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Muckraking: Investigative Journalism of the Early 20th Century Main Menu Table of Contents Paths to the various pages of the site. An Introduction to Muckraking A brief historical background of investigative journalism in the early 20th century McClure's Magazine A look at the magazine that became the hub of investigative journalism The exposing of Standard Oil's Corruption A look at how Ida M. Tarbell helped to end John Rockefeller's reign as the "Oil King" Political Machines Across the U.S. A look at Lincoln Steffens' exposé of corrupt local governments Jacob Riis' "How the Other Half Lives" A look at Jacob Riis' photojournalistic effort to shed light on tenement housing Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" A look at the work that stimulated reform in workplace safety and eventually the Food and Drug Act of 1906

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