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He came to America in 1870 and wrote for the New York Evening Sun newspaper. As a pioneer investigative journalist, he went undercover working at a meat packing factory. His book How the Other Half Lives (BooksEnthsiast.com), pioneering photojournalismPhotojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that uses still and moving images to tell a story. Photojournalism is distinguished from other branches of photog, and friendship with Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Order 26th President Term of Office September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 Predecessor William McKinley Successor William Howard Taft Date of Birth Wednesday, October 27, 1858 Place of Birth New York City Date of Death Monday, January 6, 1919 (then New York Police Board of Commissioners head) led to positive changes for New York tenement dwellers. Jacob Riis Park on the Rockaway Peninsula in the borough of Queens, New York, is named for him.

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