Muckraking: Investigative Journalism of the Early 20th CenturyMain MenuTable of ContentsPaths to the various pages of the site.An Introduction to MuckrakingA brief historical background of investigative journalism in the early 20th centuryMcClure's MagazineA look at the magazine that became the hub of investigative journalismThe exposing of Standard Oil's CorruptionA 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 governmentsJacob Riis' "How the Other Half Lives"A look at Jacob Riis' photojournalistic effort to shed light on tenement housingUpton Sinclair's "The Jungle"A look at the work that stimulated reform in workplace safety and eventually the Food and Drug Act of 1906Christian McKenna7d2ce4ee0bf1e1d67e1668aa3a89b25e9a636c97