ABSTRACT
William Randolph Hearst was born on April 29, 1863 in San Francisco, California. He was the only son of George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst and grew up enjoying his mother's total devotion and his father's considerable wealth. As a young man, William Randolph Hearst declined a position with any of his father's mining or ranching operations. The New York World was Hearst's target. The New York World was the predominant newspaper in the nation's largest city. By a paradoxical combination of sensationalism, support for reform, and innovative design, Hearst changed the fashion in which American newspapers reported and influenced the news. He made essential contributions to journalism but clouded these contributions when reporting the news fell second to advancing his own interests. In 1897, Hearst turned his interest to the revolt, and the Journal carried stories about Spanish atrocities and Cuban heroics. Hearst is best known as a journalist.
