Henry Morton Stanley he answered: "Yes, and I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you." Stanley joined Livingstone in exploring the region, finding that there was no connection between Lake Tanganyika and the Nile. On his return, he wrote a book about his experiences: "How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveries in Central Africa". In 1874, the "New York Herald" and Britain's "Daily Telegraph" financed Stanley on another expedition to Africa. His objective was nothing less than to complete the exploration and mapping of the central African lakes and rivers, in the process circumnavigating Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika and locating
History of American journalism Henry Stanley to find him, which he did, in Uganda. The success of Stanley's stories prompted Bennett to hire more of what would turn out to be investigative journalists. He also was the first American publisher to bring an American newspaper to Europe by founding the "Paris Herald", which was the precursor of the "International Herald Tribune". Charles Anderson Dana of the "New York Sun" developed the idea of the human interest story and a better definition of news value, including uniqueness of a story. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer both owned newspapers in the American West, and both