List of American Print Journalists - 19th-century Print Journalists

19th-century Print Journalists

  • Horace Greeley (1811–1872) - American newspaper editor, founder of the New York Tribune, reformer, politician, and opponent of slavery.
  • Thomas Nast (1840–1902) - German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist, the scourge of Boss Tweed and the Tamany Hall machine, and considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".
  • Anne Newport Royall (1769–1854) - first female journalist in the U.S., first woman to interview a President, publisher and editor for Paul Pry (1831–36), and The Huntress (1836–54) in Washington, D.C.

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