Nellie Bly vs. Elizabeth Bisland

In this issue of Colorado's Chivington Chief, we compare Nelly Bly's recent global travel of 72 days with Cosmopolitan writer Elizabeth Bisland. Two female journalists tried to break the travel time of Film Fogg, a famous protagonist of Jules Verne, in the "round around the world for 80 days". However, the Chief believes that Bislan is worth more than Bly, as she did not receive much of the newspaper's help during her trip. Nellie Bly was sent by the world of New York

In this article I refer to Bly's birthday, Elizabeth Cochran, but she later spells her last name's last name as "e"

The New York newspaper Cosmopolitan sponsored his own journalist Elizabeth Bisland to defeat Phileas Fogg and Bry. On the same day Bly took off, Bisland travels the world in the opposite way. To maintain interest in this story, the world organized the "Nelly Bly guessing game" the reader was asked to estimate the arrival time of Bly's second place. Money for this trip. While traveling all over the world, Bry experienced Britain, France (I met Jules Verne in Amiens), Brindisi, Suez Canal, Colombo (Ceylon), Penang Strait Village, and Singapore. , Hong Kong, Japan. With the development of efficient submarine cable network and telegraph, Bly was able to send a short progress report.

Both Joseph Pulitzer and Brisbane Walker arranged a special trip to Elizabeth Bisran and Nerbury. For example, Walker arranged a government ship to accelerate Bislan from Yokohama to Hong Kong. Despite the public statement that Bisland and Bly only regularly crosses the border, all of these are done behind the scenes. This is a fierce competition for readers. Altough Joseph Pulitzer has announced some significant news coverage, and he is known for stimulating news to promote rationing. Since Bosben Walker's Cosmopolitan is issued monthly, he can not compete with Pulitzer. Still, he does not seem to be able to resist the opportunity to get publicity by letting Elizabeth Biland compete with Nellie Bly at conventions around the world.

Matthew Goodman is the creator of the story history 80th: Nelly Bry and Elizabeth Bisland, the history of games around the world (2013) and produced in the sun and the moon: a real record of liars, performers, and excellence Battle Reporter in the Moon - New York in the 19th century Bat (2008). You can contact him on his website