From "The Jungle" to Food Lion: the history lessons of investigative journalism

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Whitt, Jan (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05858
    Journal Title:
    Journalism History
    Journal Title Details:
    34(3) : 170-173
    Subject Term:
    coverage, education effects, food, food safety, freedom of press, history, information gathering, journalism, media effectiveness, reporting, risk communication, food industry, immigration, risk journalism, food processing, investigative reporting, and Sinclair, Upton
    Notes:
    Essay within the theme, "The Jungle at 100: A Century of the Journalism of Reform. Involves Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle," and the ABC News "PrimeTime Live" broadcast in 1992 (and again in 1997) about unsanitary food practices at Food Lion, one of the nation's largest food store chains.

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