...Brasch concludes by making an insightful and intriguing distinction between muckraking and investigative reporting.

Journalism Quarterly

...the book not only highlights the journalist's role in America, but also analyses the evolution of the press and society from the nation's emergence to the present.

Media Development

Brasch's treatment blends investigative reporting, research, and analysis to present a scholarly yet lively review of how the muckrakers prompted changes in social awareness at the turn of the century....

Midwest Book Review

It is Brasch's theory that the 'muckraker' investigative journalism light was never extinguished and that muckraking, despite an eclipse in the 'me-too' 1980s, is very much alive.

Editor & Publisher

It is Brasch's theory that the 'muckraker' investigative journalism light was never extinguished and that muckraking, despite an eclipse in the 'me-too' 1980s, is very much alive.

Editor & Publisher

...Brasch concludes by making an insightful and intriguing distinction between muckraking and investigative reporting.

Journalism Quarterly