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Volume 45, No. 2, June 2019 The June issue contains articles by Aaron Atkins, Pete Smith, Sheila Webb, Jason Lee Guthrie, and Candi Carter Olson and Erin Cox. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “Your Paper Saved Seattle: E.W. Scripps and the Star’s Role…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Webb Essay: Researching A Century of Education for American Women

20 Aug 201920 Aug 2019

My work on the Delphian Society is one example of my long-standing research interests which have been devoted to periodicals and their role in American life and culture. Entrée into…

Rotuno-Johnson podcast: The Stonewall Riots

13 Aug 201931 Jul 2019

For the 29th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Michelle Rotuno-Johnson about the the derogatory press coverage of the 1969 New York City protests that became…

First Amendment Essay

Gutterman Essay: Feiner and the Heckler’s Veto

6 Aug 201930 Jul 2019

Back Again (Not That It Ever Left) When police arrested Irving Feiner for his street corner soapbox speech, it upended the 24-year-old Syracuse University student’s life. The army veteran studying…

First Amendment Essay

Wolgast Essay: Defying the State to Speak

30 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

William Allen White and the Kansas State Law Prohibiting Speech in Support of Organized Labor In a pique after being harassed by a group of populists on a sidewalk one…

Atkins podcast: Your Paper Saved Seattle

23 Jul 201927 Jun 2019

For the 28th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Will Mari spoke with Aaron Atkins about the role of E.W. Scripps and one of his pillar newspapers, the Seattle…

First Amendment Essay

Wagner Essay: The Milwaukee Leader

16 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

A Socialist Newspaper, the First Amendment, and the Espionage Act President Woodrow Wilson’s signature on the Espionage Act set in motion a course of events that resulted in the modern…

Guthrie podcast: Mathew Brady and Photographic Copyright

9 Jul 201917 Jun 2019

For the 27th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Jason Lee Guthrie about how 19th-century photographer Mathew Brady, best known for his vivid battlefield scenes…

First Amendment Essay

Voss Essay: Help Wanted

The Legal and Journalism History to End Segregated Job Ads The battleground was the help-wanted advertisements in newspapers. For the journalists – and their supporters – it was about the…

Carter Olson podcast: The Women’s Press and Utah’s Battle over the Vote

25 Jun 201927 Jun 2019

For the 26th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Candi Carter Olson about how women in Utah used the power of the press and rose…

First Amendment Essay

Reclaiming a Progressive First Amendment to Save Journalism

18 Jun 201913 Jun 2019

Americans are generally proud of their First Amendment and cherish press freedoms.[1] At the same time, few reflect upon the policies, laws, and institutions that maintain such freedoms. Although media…