Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism
Author: Bausum, Ann
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
9.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
14492
Points per Word
0.000207
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
This is the story of the birth of investigative journalism in America. At the turn of the 20th century, news reporters and monthly magazines collaborated to create a new kind of journalism, in-depth exposés of corporate, labor, and political corruption.