BackStory with the American History Guys » Pulitzer http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory with the American History Guys no BackStory with the American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory with the American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, BackStory with the American History Guys » Pulitzer http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism http://backstoryradio.org/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism http://backstoryradio.org/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:42:59 +0000 VFHwebdev http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=344 R.F. Outcaults Yellow Kid
The Yellow Kid was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he’d already sold cigars, staged a cock fight and been around the world. So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? Associate producer Rachel Quimby explains.

*Many thanks to Catherine Moore and Jesse Dukes for lending their remarkable vocal talent as the Yellow Kid and Pushy Advertisers, respectively*

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/feed/ 16 cartoons,comics,commercialization,Hearst,immigration,journalism,Pulitzer,sunday paper,Yellow Kid The Yellow Kid was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he'd already sold cigars, staged a cock fight and been around the world. So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/YellowKid.jpeg) The Yellow Kid (http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/index.htm) was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he'd already sold cigars (http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/image-browser.asp?ai=44796&whichpage=&whichimage=96039), staged a cock fight (http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/1896/november/1896-11-29b.jpg) and been around the world (http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/1897/1897.htm). So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? Associate producer Rachel Quimby explains. *Many thanks to Catherine Moore and Jesse Dukes for lending their remarkable vocal talent as the Yellow Kid and Pushy Advertisers, respectively* BackStory with the American History Guys no 12:03