'''Jacob Riis''' (1849-1914) was an [[America|American]] [[journalism|journalist]], [[photography|photographer]], and advocate for the [[Social Gospel]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dy1MNv8ou-0C&pg=PA215|title=Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics, Volume 2|date=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|location=Phoenix, Arizona|isbn=978-1573561303|pages=215}}</ref> Although associated with the "[[muckraker]]" brand of journalism, Riis devoted a good deal of his life to chronicling the lives of those less fortunate, especially in [[New York]] city. | '''Jacob Riis''' (1849-1914) was an [[America|American]] [[journalism|journalist]], [[photography|photographer]], and advocate for the [[Social Gospel]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dy1MNv8ou-0C&pg=PA215|title=Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics, Volume 2|date=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|location=Phoenix, Arizona|isbn=978-1573561303|pages=215}}</ref> Although associated with the "[[muckraker]]" brand of journalism, Riis devoted a good deal of his life to chronicling the lives of those less fortunate, especially in [[New York]] city. |