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Volume 47, No. 2, June 2021 The June issue contains articles by Stephen Bates, Dale Cressman, Randall Sumpter, Lindsay Hargrave & Carolyn Kitch, and Julien Gorbach & Michael Fuhlhage. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “A Free and Responsible University: The Hutchins Commission, the…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Hargrave Podcast: Life Magazine’s “College Girl”

19 Jul 202115 Jul 2021

For the 84th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to Lindsay Hargrave about the history of Life magazine and how college-aged women were portrayed in the…

Research Essay: History of Breaking News

12 Jul 20218 Jul 2021

Writing about white supremacy during the summer of the George Floyd protests We must confess that our article in this issue of Journalism History was not born out of some…

Washburn & Lamb, Sports Journalism

2021-012 | Download PDF Washburn, Patrick S., and Chris Lamb. Sports Journalism: A History of Fame, Glory, and Technology. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020. 288 pp. $30.00 paperback. Reviewed…

Linford Podcast: America’s “Tory” Printer

4 Jul 20212 Jul 2021

For the 83rd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to Autumn Linford about the real story of James Rivington, the most infamous printer of the American…

Sumpter Essay: The Mutual Life Insurance Scandal

Making Public Opinion My study of the 1905 Armstrong Committee’s investigation of fraudulent practices in the life insurance industry incorporated an interesting debate about what constituted legitimate public relations practices…

Bates, An Aristocracy of Critics

25 Jun 202123 Jun 2021

2021-011 | Download PDF Bates, Stephen. An Aristocracy of Critics: Luce, Hutchins, and the Committee that Redefined Freedom of the Press. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020, 336 pp., $28.00…

Bates Podcast: The Hutchins Commission

21 Jun 202118 Jun 2021

For the 82nd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Ken Ward spoke to Stephen Bates about the creation and findings of the Hutchins Commission ahead of the 75th anniversary…

Smith, Mexican Press and Civil Society

2021-010 | Download PDF Smith, Benjamin T. The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press,…

Kroeger Podcast: The Plucky Path of Nellie Bly

7 Jun 202125 May 2021

For the 81st episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Brooke Kroeger about the daring career of Nellie Bly, the newspaper reporter who feigned insanity to investigate…

Krehbiel Podcast: The Tulsa Race Massacre

For the 80th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to journalist Randy Krehbiel about the Tulsa Race Massacre for the 100th anniversary of this long ignored moment…