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Journalistic moral engagement

Narrative strategies in American muckraking

University of South Alabama, USA, jaucoin{at}jaguar1.usouthal.edu

The narrative strategies of mid-20th-century investigative journalists who published in leftist American magazines expanded the kinds of truths that could be told. Using specific cases of institutional failure, the journalists maneuvered the message through a variety of narrative techniques, including direct advocacy of alternatives, to the larger question of capitalism's morality. Their style offers an alternative model for American investigative journalists.

Key Words: K E Y W O R D S • investigative journalism • muckraking • narrative theory

Journalism, Vol. 8, No. 5, 559-572 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907081053


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