A new exhibit at Tampa’s Henry B. Plant Museum looks back at what role so-called “yellow journalism” may have had in pushing the United States into war against Spain in 1898.

Generations ago, we condescendingly referred to newspapers that emphasized scandal and celebrity intrigue as “yellow journalism.” The phrase dates back to the 1890s when William Randolph ...

Yellow journalism begat a gilded lifestyle for Pulitzer, who became fabulously rich. Now, 111 years since his death, Pulitzer’s legacy of yellow journalism lives on in the ‘Pulitzer Prizes ...