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Volume 47, No. 1, March 2021 The March issue contains articles by Elisabeth Fondren, Dale Cressman, Camille Reyes, George Daniels & Gabriel Tait, and Thomas Terry, Donald Shaw, & Erin Coyle. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “‘The Mirror with a Memory’: The Great…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Harris, Paper Promises

2021-008 | Download PDF Harris, Mazie M. Paper Promises: Early American Photography. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018, 224 pp., $49.95 (hardback). Reviewed by Jason Lee Guthrie, Clayton State…

Reyes Podcast: The Commercialization of PBS

For the 78th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Camille Reyes about the history of the Public Broadcasting Service as a platform for new ideas…

Daniels Essay: Bridging the Worlds of Local TV News and Media History

3 May 20213 May 2021

On September 10, 2020, Janet Hall anchored her finalist newscast at top-rated Birmingham television station WBRC-TV. At the end of the 6 p.m. newscast, Hall’s co-anchor Jonathan Hardison introduced a…

Campbell, Lost in a Gallup

29 Apr 202118 Apr 2021

2021-007 | Download PDF Campbell, W. Joseph. Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020, 336 pp., $29.95 (hardcover). Reviewed by Michael…

Napoli Podcast: The Founding Mothers of NPR

26 Apr 202117 Apr 2021

For the 77th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Lisa Napoli about how four women – Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts…

9/11 Essay Series

Ahearn Essay: Print’s Long 9/11 Afternoon

22 Apr 202118 Apr 2021

Last call for the newspaper “EXTRA!” edition At newspapers across the country, the decision to print 9/11 extra editions was as sudden as the moment bulletins switched from apparent air…

Karl Podcast: Front Row at the Trump Show

19 Apr 202117 Apr 2021

For this bonus episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman speaks with Jonathan Karl about his book Front Row at the Trump Show. Jonathan Karl is ABC News…

Mellinger & Ferré, Journalism’s Ethical Progression

16 Apr 202116 Apr 2021

2021-006 | Download PDF Mellinger, Gwyneth and John Ferré (Eds.) Journalism’s Ethical Progression: A Twentieth Century Journey. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020, 259 pp., $95.00 (hardback). Reviewed by Berrin A.…

Podcast: The Unknown Stories of the Titanic

12 Apr 202113 Apr 2021

For the 76th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Teri Finneman, Tim Ziaukas focuses on the crisis communication history of Titanic while historian Ron Rodgers discusses his research,…

Teaching Essay: An Embattled Terrain

5 Apr 20215 Apr 2021

Women, African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants at the Margins in U.S. Newspaper Stories, 1820-1860 Historian Barbara Welter imagined a Cult of True Womanhood[i] in the 19th Century that idealized…