Journalism History journal

Current Issue

“Sisters of Charity Administering to Sick and Dying Victims of Yellow Fever,” sketch from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 20, 1879 Volume 47, No. 4, Dec. 2021 The December issue contains articles by Sheryl Kennedy Haydel, Kathryn Montalbano, Tracy Lucht & Chelsea Davis, and Kelli Boling. Interested in reading these…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Lucht Podcast: Newspaper Coverage of Women in Politics

17 Jan 202214 Jan 2022

For the 96th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Teri Finneman, Tracy Lucht analyzes how five trailblazing women in politics of different races, ethnicities and regions were written…

Kirkpatrick, Lady Editor

10 Jan 20229 Jan 2022

2022-01 | Download PDF Kirkpatrick, Melanie. Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman. New York: Encounter Books, 2021. 323 pp., $29.99 (hardback). Reviewed by…

Journalism History Recognizes First Tom Reilly Award Winner

7 Jan 20228 Jan 2022

Journalism History is pleased to announce the creation of the Tom Reilly Award to recognize excellence in journalism history research. The Publications Committee voted to initiate the award to honor…

McCune Podcast: The First Presidential Press Secretary

For the 95th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Nick Hirshon, Meghan Menard McCune reviews the career of Ray Stannard Baker, the chief spokesman for President Woodrow Wilson…

Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory

15 Dec 202116 Dec 2021

2021-019 | Download PDF Thompson, Ethan, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Lucas Hatlen, eds. Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2019, 256 pp. $34.95…

Holiday podcast: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (re-aired)

13 Dec 20217 Dec 2021

For the 94th episode of the Journalism History podcast, we re-air our December 2019 holiday episode. Journalism History podcast hosts Teri Finneman, Nick Hirshon, and Will Mari come together for…

9/11 Essay Series

Abe Essay: Remembering and Forgetting Pearl Harbor after Sept. 11 in the Japanese Media

In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Pearl Harbor metaphor suddenly, if not naturally, emerged in the United States. As it happens, the year 2001 was the…

Forde Podcast: Journalism and Jim Crow

For the 93rd episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Teri Finneman, Kathy Roberts Forde discusses her co-edited book, Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle…

Mitchell, Lincoln’s Lie

22 Nov 202115 Dec 2021

2021-018 | Download PDF Mitchell, Elizabeth. Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2020. 320 pp. $26.00. Reviewed…

Fainberg Podcast: Truth and Ideology among Cold War Correspondents

15 Nov 202110 Nov 2021

For the 92nd episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, Dina Fainberg explores the experiences of U.S. and Soviet foreign correspondents during the Cold War and the…