Years later, a graduate school was established using a donation left to the school in Pulitzer’s will.Bill summaries are authored by CRS. In 1892, Joseph Pulitzer offered money to Columbia University to set up the world’s first school of journalism, but the gift was turned down. Within five months, he had collected $102,000, mostly from donations of less than a dollar. He launched a fund raising drive and offered to print the name of every donor in his New York World. But over time fundraising efforts stalled. Two years earlier construction had begun in New York City on the 15-foot pedestal that would hold the Statue of Liberty.

One of Pulitzer’s most notable newspaper ventures came in 1885. In his resignation letter to the secretary of state of New York and the voters of his district, Pulitzer stated, “Unwilling to hold the honors of a seat in Congress without fully observing all the expectations attached to it, I hereby return to you the trust which you so generously confided to me.”

House of Representatives, but resigned after a year because of the demands of his newspaper. Pulitzer tried his hand at politics again in 1884. Pulitzer’s habit of sensationalism and yellow journalism (biased reporting) was later an instigator (along with that of William Hearst) in America’s entrance into the Spanish-American War. Circulation grew from 15,000 to 600,000, making it the largest newspaper in the country. He turned around the failing paper, using human-interest stories and sensationalism. Pulitzer returned to New York and bought the New York World in 1883. The newspaper is still in existence today.

Circulation increased because he reached out to the average citizen, rather than the intellectual. In 1879, Pulitzer bought two newspapers in St. During this time, he also advanced to managing editor of the newspaper. The following year, he filled a vacancy as a state representative, even though he was three years younger than the required age. Pulitzer became involved in politics in 1869, when he joined the Republican Party. Later that year Pulitzer became a reporter, a job for which he was better suited.

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