William Thomas Stead
William Thomas Stead
William Thomas Steadwas an English newspaper editor who, as a pioneer of investigative journalism, became a controversial figure of the Victorian era. Stead published a series of hugely influential campaigns whilst editor of The Pall Mall Gazette, and he is best known for his 1885 series of articles, The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, written in support of a bill to raise the age of consent from 13 to 16, dubbed the "Stead Act."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 July 1849
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It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and whose daily reports are submitted, not to a functionary or department, but to the whole people.
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What is my message? That is what troubles me. I have not got a message.
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An editor is the uncrowned king of an educated democracy.
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It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.
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The duty of a journalist is the duty of a watchman.