EXTRA! Newseum opens May 15, 2008
Or, take a seat in the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater, where visitors can go undercover with Nellie Bly as she exposes the terrible conditions in a 19th-century insane asylum. Other galleries are devoted to the First Amendment; Early News (pre-15th century); and News History. (Carroll County Times)
A tribute to heroes May 2, 2008
Kindergarten, second- and fourth-grade students participated in the concert that also explored the accomplishments of Jesse Owens, Nellie Bly, Booker T. Washington, Helen Keller and Charles Lindbergh. Hanson's parents are Keith and Kristi Hanson. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Attention all news junkies! Newseum opens in Washington Apr 15, 2008
Special seats vibrate with Luftwaffe attacks during the London blitz or blow puffs of air meant to simulate rats scurrying around the lunatic asylum where Nellie Bly gathered material for her 19th-century expos. in The New York World. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Nellie Bly - Stunt Reporter Mar 25, 2008
Nellie Bly was the pen name of one of the most daring young journalists of her day ... Nellie Bly launched the stunt age in journalism in the late 19th century, an unusual role for a young unmarried woman ... As a 19-year-old reporter for the Pittsburgh Dispatch, Elizabeth Cochrane took the pen name of Nellie Bly from an old Stephen Foster song, an obvious alias that had people guessing even when she was well into her career that she must be a man. (Suite101.com)
Plan revived for FDR memorial in NYC Nov 26, 2007
In 1841, Charles Dickens visited the asylum; in 1888, muckraking reporter Nellie Bly posed as a patient for 10 days to expose its deplorable conditions. Roosevelt Island today is a high-rise village of 10,000 people including United Nations diplomats and staff from the cluster of hospitals on Manhattan's East Side. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Click for Full Story Nov 14, 2007
Its the 119th anniversary of an epic round-the-world journey by New York World reporter Nellie Bly ... Today's Highlight in History:On November 14, 1889, inspired by Jules Verne, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to travel around the world in fewer than 80 days. (KWTX.com, TX)
Today In History - November 14, 2007 Nov 14, 2007
On November 14, 1889, inspired by Jules Verne, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to travel around the world in fewer than 80 days. (She made the trip in 72 days. (CBS2.com, CA)
Cherie Speller: Post office honors journalists who put their stamp on the world Oct 15, 2007
These journalists will join others who have been commemorated on stamps, including Edward R. Murrow, Ernie Pyle, Walter Lippman, Henry Luce, Nellie Bly, Ida M. Tarbell, Ethel L. Payne, Margueritte Higgins and publisher Adolph S. Ochs. Cherie Speller is associate editor for readership and community news at The Daily Reflector. (The Daily Reflector)
Behind the e-curtain Aug 26, 2007
Google "Nellie Bly" or "photon," and the first results the search returns are helpful Wikipedia entries describing the journalist and the unit of energy. But Wikipedia's sweeping compendium of information also suffers from the pollution of pranksters, publicists, self-interested pundits, and the merely misinformed. (Boston Globe)
At the fair today Jun 15, 2007
June 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE) : IN THE RIBBONS: SYDNEY SHAFFER Judges choice: Her project on Nellie Bly earned Sydney Shaffer, 12, a Best of Show in the Educational Project department of the Kids' Best division. DEL MAR, June 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE) : When the gates open this morning at the San Diego County Fair, there will be friendly faces to take your tickets, and more to point you where you want to go. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
San Diego County Fair roundup Jun 11, 2007
Judges choice: Her project on Nellie Bly earned Sydney Shaffer, 12, a Best of Show in the Educational Project department of the Kids' Best division ... To learn more: The Internet is a good place to learn more about Nellie Bly; there also is a book about her called Daredevil Reporter. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Jerome for art lovers May 26, 2007
That's what makes us so unique: the architecture, the history blends so well with the art, and it's quite an experience," he says. There's something for just about every taste. Shoppers will find handmade jewelry - pendants, necklaces, rings and earrings crafted from fused glass, enamel, crystal, copper and polished stone - ranging in price from a few dollars to several thousand. There are sculptures in mediums as varied as metal and wax, one-of-a-kind decorative quilts (too nice to toss on your... (AZCentral -- Travel)
Nellie Bly: Much more than a global traveler Mar 11, 2007
But in 1889 a real-life female newspaper reporter, Nellie Bly, accomplished what neither the fictive Phileas Fogg nor his movie impersonator, had achieved: she went around the world in only 72 days. Still, however much publicity that singular feat generated, Nellie Bly was otherwise an accomplished investigative reporter ... Nellie Bly was actually the pen name chosen by Elizabeth Cochrane, born in Cochran s Mills, Pennsylvania, in May of 1867. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Who was Bessie Bramble? Mar 4, 2007
There she is in the 2004 book "Spider Dance," one of Carole Nelson Douglas' Irene Adler mysteries, told from the point of view of another crusading Pittsburgh journalist, Nellie Bly, who by then had moved to the New York World. Bly wants to "drive Bessie Bramble and Nell Nelson and all my rival sisters of the press from the front pages of this teeming city and the entire eastern seaboard.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
117-year-old house gets a new home Jan 26, 2007
Inspired by Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days," Elizabeth Cochran, who wrote under the pen name Nellie Bly, circled the world by steamship and rail 00004000 in 72 days and 6 hours. Idaho admitted as 43rd state. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Around the world with Nellie Bly Nov 26, 2006
Pittsburgh's crusading journalist Nellie Bly ... It was Mr. Madden who gave her the nom de plume of Nellie Bly, after a character in a Stephen Foster song. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Put the people in Pittsburgh 250 Sep 17, 2006
Remember Queen Aliquippa and Guyasuta along with George Washington and General Braddock; honor Johnny Appleseed's altruism along with Martin Delaney's struggle against slavery; be inspired by Jane Grey Swisshelm's fight against slavery and for woman's rights, as well as the journalistic exploits of Nellie Bly; reflect on the lives of labor's heroes and martyrs, Mother Jones, Bill Sylvis, Fannie Sellins, Crystal Eastman, and Phil Murray, along with the impact of industrial and business giants... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The way it is Sep 5, 2006
Bonney has better-known journalism colleagues, among them Nellie Bly, Margaret Bourke-White, Martha Gellhorn, and former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. But even they do not command the recognition and respect they should. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Subway riding pals beat record Aug 25, 2006
In fact, he said, the subway challenge harks back to another era of "stunt journalism," such as when Nellie Bly circumvented the globe in 1889 courtesy of the New York World. Photos. (Newsday -- New York City)
Famed local writer dies at age 81 Apr 30, 2006
He later wrote for such television shows as "General Electric Theater," "Baretta," "The Love Boat" and "Bonanza." His films included 1970's "A Clear and Present Danger," 1978's "The Deerslayer" and 1981's "The Adventures of Nellie Bly." "Dirt," a 1979 film about off-road racing, became something of a cult classic. He co-wrote Elvis Presley's last dramatic picture, the socially conscious "Change of Habit" 1969, with Presley as a ghetto doctor and Mary Tyler Moore as a nun. (Mail Tribune, OR)
'Desperate Measures' is a perfect fit Apr 25, 2006
Together, Kellogg and Friedman have drawn praise for "Chasing Nicolette" and a new show, based on the life of the intrepid Nellie Bly, "Stunt Girl," is being readied. I'd like to think that "Desperate Measures," though, was written just for laughs over a few beers. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Seeking asylum (Ken Maguire) Apr 19, 2006
Trailblazing journalist Nellie Bly spent time undercover at the asylum and wrote in 1887 that it was a "human rat trap.". Page 1 of 2. (Washington Times, DC)
