Editing Jacob Riis (section)

===Public speaking===
Riis accumulated a supply of photography and attempted to submit illustrated essays to magazines. But when an editor at ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's New Monthly]]'' Magazine said that he liked the photographs but not the writing, and would find another writer, Riis was despondent about magazine publication and instead thought of speaking directly to the public.<ref>Alland, p. 28.</ref>

This was not easy. The obvious venue would be a church, but several churches—including Riis's own—demurred, fearing either that the talks would offend the churchgoers' sensibilities or that they would offend rich and powerful landlords. However, Adolph Schauffler (of the [[City Mission Society]]) and [[Josiah Strong]] arranged to sponsor Riis's lecture at the [[Broadway United Church of Christ|Broadway Tabernacle]] church. Lacking money, Riis partnered with W.&nbsp;L. Craig, a Health Department clerk.<ref name="alland29">Alland, p. 29.</ref>

Riis and Craig's lectures, illustrated with lantern slides, made little money for the pair, but they both greatly increased the number of people exposed to what Riis had to say and also enabled him to meet people who had the power to effect change, notably [[Charles Henry Parkhurst]] and an editor of ''[[Scribner's Magazine]]'', who invited him to submit an illustrated article.<ref name="alland29" />
[[File:How the other half lives.djvu|thumb|Cover of 1890 edition of ''[[How the Other Half Lives]],'' photojournalism book by Riis]]