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Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American investigative journalist and one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century. He launched a series of articles in McClure's, called "Tweed Days in St. Louis", [1] that would later be published together in a book titled The Shame of the Cities.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Lincoln Steffens was an American journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher who was a leading figure among the writers whom U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt called muckrakers. He was radicalized by the Mexican and Russian revolutions, and he supported many communist activities thereafter.
21 de jun. de 2023 · Facebook X Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit Compartir. Hace un siglo, el periodista estadounidense Lincoln Steffens visitó la tierra de Lenin (la Unión Soviética) y a su regreso pronunció la famosa frase: “He estado en el futuro, y funciona”. Steffens era conocido en su época como un “muckraker”. En este caso, la porquería que ...
8 de jun. de 2018 · Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) was the most famous of the American muckraker journalists of the period 1903-1910. His exposés of corruption in government and business helped build support for reform. Lincoln Steffens was born on April 6, 1866, in Sacramento, Calif.
13 de may. de 2011 · As one of the original “muckrakers,” Steffens wrote newspaper and magazine exposés that gave journalism a new purpose, a voice in American democracy beyond simply endorsing one party or another.
Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking. He is also known for his 1921 statement, upon his return from the Soviet Union : "I have been over into the future, and it works."
Lincoln Steffens was born in 1866 in San Francisco. He failed his first attempt at the entrance exam to the University of California -Berkley. On his second try he succeeded and graduated in 1889 with a degree in philosophy. In 1891, Steffens moved to Paris and married Josephine Bontecou.
