What was the name given to journalists who focused on the poverty and corruption in the cities?

a. Crusaders

b. Reformers

c. Carpetbaggers

d. Muckrakers

C muckerakes They relied on their own reporting and often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. Muckraking magazines-notablyMcClure's of publisher S. S. McClure-took on corporate monopolies and crooked political machines while raising public awareness of chronic urban poverty, unsafe working conditions, and social issues like child labor.