Summary: Before Ida Tarbell took on John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company, the idea of a journalist bringing down the largest monopoly in the US would have been laughable. But her relentless investigation, passion for the truth, and innovative code of journalistic ethics wouldn’t just change the country’s businesses — it would revolutionize American journalism forever. Meet the original “Muckraker.”<br> Our guest is <a href="https://stephaniegorton.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephanie Gorton</a>, author of <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/citizen-reporters-stephanie-gorton?variant=32130205581346" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell and the Magazine That Rewrote America. </a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://stephaniegorton.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephanie Gorton</a> has written for NewYorker.com, Smithsonian.com, The Paris Review Daily, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Toast, The Millions, and other publications. Previously, she held editorial roles at Canongate Books, The Overlook Press, and Open Road. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and Goucher College’s MFA program in Creative Nonfiction, she lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her family. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/citizen-reporters-stephanie-gorton?variant=32130205581346" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Citizen Reporters</a> is her first book; she is currently working on a new book about the legalization of birth control.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://whatshernamepodcast.com/people/music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Music</a> featured in this episode included:<br> <br> Your <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/whatshername" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchases</a> help support the podcast!<br> <br> <br>
