“Yellow journalism” got its name from the Yellow Kid, a popular cartoon character drawn by Richard F. Outcault whose strip became the subject of a bidding war between Hearst and ...

Between Outcault’s draw and Hearst’s emphasis on celebrity and sensationalism, from the 1890s until the WWII era, “yellow (kid) journalism” dominated the American media scene. It took two ...

Charles M. Schulz, nicknamed Sparky, detested the name the comics syndicate gave his strip, Peanuts. It was originally known ...

Illustrations simplified the message that yellow journalists like William Randolph Hearst wanted his readers to buy--Cuba was helpless and the U.S. must intervene. This Cartoon Gallery shows ...

Winners have been selected in the inaugural Journalism Podcast Competition of the 2024-25 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 54 entries from 32 schools submitted. First Place was awarded to ...