The Crazy True Story Of America s Stunt Girl Reporters
By Kate Sullivan/Feb. 9, 2021 3:47 pm EDT
Believe it or not, there once was a time when journalists were celebrities. It wasn t just talking heads on TV or social media influencers, either these were real investigative journalists risking life and limb to bring you the unvarnished truth about everything from slum life to factory work. In the late 1800s through the 1920s, there was no radio or television your social media chatter consisted of what you overheard at the store or, if you were rich, at dinner parties. So newspapers were the main way of getting information and newspaper publishers wanted to sell as many copies as possible.
Scroll through our gallery of pictures above to see more. Catherine Elizabeth Cochrane has submitted some lovely shots on the
We Grew Up on the Isle of Wight Facebook page recently, including the main image above taken on Yaverland beach in the 1970s and a newspaper clipping from a Brading Methodist Church event in 1984. When she shared the clipping, she said: Anyone recognise themselves here? I do remember most, but a few on the top row I just can t place. It was a Sunday School event. I m on the bottom row next to the Sunday school teacher Jane, I m wearing glasses.