Question

How did the yellow journalism get its name?

Answer 1

The term yellow journalism was coined by Erwin Wardman, the editor of New York Press, and it referred to the comic strip "The Yellow Kid", that was published from 1895 to 1898 in Josephs Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. Yellow journalism, or yellow press is a kind of journalism which uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers, instead of well-researched new and quality texts. Some of the characteristics of yellow journalism are huge headlines and minor news, and lavish use of pictures or drawings...