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An exposé is an exposure or revelation, often by way of an article or book, which provides shocking or surprising information. The end result of investigative journalism may often be an exposé where a reporter or author has delved into a subject and discovered controversy, scandal or misdeed.
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Notable examples
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (1890), which revealed the squalor of immigrant slums in New York City of the 1890s
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906), which exposed shocking disregard for hygienic practices in the meat-packing industry of the early 1900s
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