Hungarian-born American publisher whose New York World built the modern mass-circulation newspaper: crusading investigations, illustrations, sports pages and stunt journalism. His will endowed the Columbia University school of journalism and the Pulitzer Prizes, awarded since 1917.
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NationalityHungarian-born American 1 Defining ContributionThe mass-circulation New York World; the Pulitzer Prizes and the Columbia journalism school 1 Connections
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Richard Outcault's The Yellow Kid, the strip usually credited as the medium's popular origin, appeared in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World from 1895.
Source Wikipedia
Additional Source The Yellow Kid (Wikipedia)The Yellow Kid, Origin
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
The Yellow Kid (Wikipedia)
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