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Volume 48, No. 4, Winter 2022 The Winter issue contains articles by Paul Myers & Lisa Mullikin Parcell, Suzannah Evans Comfort & Lauren Ulrich, Lorraine Ahearn & Barbara Friedman, and Joseph Jones & Earnest Perry. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “Beauty and the…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Broadcast History Series

Series Introduction: Broadcast Media History

26 Jan 202326 Jan 2023

In July 2022, we placed a call for our fifth annual essay series, exploring the history and importance of television over the last 60 years. The impetus for this essay…

Alwood Podcast: PR and the Gay Rights Movement

16 Jan 20234 Jan 2023

For the 118th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, Edward Alwood explains how activists in the Gay Rights Movement used public relations practices to reframe media coverage…

Mari, Newsrooms and the Disruption of the Internet

9 Jan 20234 Jan 2023

2023-1 | Download PDF Mari, Will. Newsrooms and the Disruption of the Internet: A Short History of Disruptive Technologies, 1990-2010. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2022, 120 pp., $56.00 (hardcover). Reviewed by…

Vultee Podcast: The Style of Islam

For the 117th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, Fred Vultee explains how the Associated Press Stylebook's treatment of Islam has changed over time. Fred Vultee is an…

Podcast: Mental Health and Sports Coverage

19 Dec 202214 Dec 2022

For the 116th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, Nick Hirshon describes the media's treatment of the mental health of professional athletes. A former New York…

McNeil, Century’s Witness

15 Dec 202213 Dec 2022

2022-12 | Download PDF McNeil, Mary Llewellyn. Century’s Witness: The Extraordinary Life of Journalist Wallace Carroll: Buena Vista, VA: Whaler Books, 2022, 388 pp., $22.95 (Paperback). Reviewed by Kaylene Armstrong,…

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: Comparing Themes in “3/5 of a Man” and “The 1619 Project”

FLOYD McKISSICK’S 3/5 OF A MAN ADDRESSED SIMILAR THEMES OF RACISM AND SLAVERY’S LEGACY A HALF CENTURY BEFORE NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES’ THE 1619 PROJECT In two books published 50 years apart,…

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

2 Dec 20222 Dec 2022

For the 115th episode of the Journalism History podcast, as a holiday tradition, we re-air our December 2019 holiday episode. Journalism History podcast hosts Teri Finneman, Nick Hirshon, and Will…

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: Beyond the Masthead

28 Nov 202221 Nov 2022

Searching the Archives for Hidden Women Newsroom Leaders Marjory Adams came to the Boston Globe in 1919 and spent the next year as the only woman on the graveyard shift,…

Moore Podcast: The Sunday Paper

21 Nov 202219 Nov 2022

For the 114th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Teri Finneman, Paul Moore discusses his co-authored book, The Sunday Paper, exploring the history of the Sunday newspaper and…