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28. Juli 2019 · July 28, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Nellie Bly went undercover in 1887 as a patient at an insane asylum in New York. (Library of Congress) When she went undercover in a New York City insane...
- Diane Bernard
5. Mai 2018 · Nellie Bly, a pioneering investigative journalist, faked insanity to get herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum in 1887. She revealed the horrific conditions and mistreatment of the patients in a series of articles that sparked reforms and public outrage.
- Dr. Howard Markel
8. Nov. 2022 · And I did.” In 1887, investigative journalist for the New York World newspaper Nellie Bly went undercover to expose the dreadful conditions at the Women’s Lunatic Asylum, a mental institution on Blackwell’s Island. Read more about Bly’s fearless investigation and how her work forever changed the field of journalism.
- She Went to Great Lengths to Plan Her Undercover Stunt
- Conditions in The Asylum Were Worse Than She’D Imagined
- Bly's Exposé Had Immediate Results
- Her Time in The Madhouse Helped Launch Bly’s Career
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Just 23, Bly was now one of a handful of female reporters in New York City. Determined to make her mark, she accepted an unusual — and dangerous — assignment. For years, rumors had swirled about conditions in one of the city’s most notorious places, the “insane asylum” on Blackwell’s Island. Now known as Roosevelt Island, Blackwell’s was home to a ...
Originally built to hold 1,000 patients, Blackwell was cramming more than 1,600 people into the asylum when Bly arrived in the fall of 1887. Extensive budget cuts had led to a sharp decline in patient care, leaving just 16 doctors on staff. But most disturbing of all was the prevailing wisdom of the age regarding both the causes of mental illness a...
Bly’s cover was nearly blown by a fellow reporter, but she was able to stick it out for 10 days, before her editor arranged for her release. Her first articles on her experiences were published within days, and the series became a publishing sensation. A month after Bly’s articles were published, a grand-jury panel visited the asylum to investigate...
Bly quickly became a household name and one of the most famous journalists in the world. Just two years after her madhouse expose, she made headlines again when she re-created the trip depicted in the book Around the World in 80 Days, circumnavigating the globe by herself — and beating the record by a week. Bly retired from journalism following her...
In 1887, reporter Nellie Bly faked insanity to expose the horrific conditions in a New York asylum. Her articles sparked reforms and made her a journalistic legend.
Ihr erster Auftrag war, über die Zustände in einem Asyl für nervenkranke Frauen auf der New Yorker Blackwell’s Island im East River zu berichten.
26. Apr. 2016 · (Bly, Ch.1) Bly begins her exposé— published in a series just about 10 days after her release — by conveying her initial thoughts about asylums. She writes that she had always wanted to learn...
4. März 2021 · Nellie Bly was a pioneer of investigative journalism who went undercover in a New York psychiatric hospital to expose its cruel and inhumane conditions. Her report sparked reforms and made her a star in the male-dominated field of journalism.
