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Role: Any Journalist 45 Author 17 Broadcaster 17 Publisher 9 Executive 5

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William Randolph Hearst 1863–1951Journalism & Mass MediaPublisher whose sensational newspapers and national media empire wielded immense cultural and political power.

Rupert Murdoch b. 1931Journalism & Mass MediaMedia mogul whose News Corp and Fox Corporation shaped global news and entertainment.

Joseph Pulitzer 1847–1911Journalism & Mass MediaPublisher who transformed mass-circulation journalism and endowed the Pulitzer Prizes.

Katharine Graham 1917–2001Journalism & Mass MediaPublisher who strengthened The Washington Post and backed its reporting on the Pentagon Papers and Watergate.

Horace Greeley 1811–1872Journalism & Mass MediaFounding editor of the New-York Tribune whose editorials shaped antebellum and Reconstruction-era debate.

Henry Luce 1898–1967Journalism & Mass MediaMagazine publisher whose Time — Life and Fortune defined mid-century American newsweekly formats.

Adolph Ochs 1858–1935Journalism & Mass MediaPublisher who rebuilt The New York Times around factual reporting and set its long-running editorial standard.

Ben Bradlee 1921–2014Journalism & Mass MediaEditor who built The Washington Post into a leading national newspaper and directed its Watergate coverage.

I.F. Stone 1907–1989Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative journalist whose self-published newsletter exposed government lies for nearly two decades.