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Volume 45, No. 3, September 2019 The September issue contains articles by Paul Douglas Newman, Sid Bedingfield, Ken J. Ward, and Vicki Knasel Brown. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “Red Journalism: The Allegheny Indians, Ben Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette, and the Ethnic Cleansing of…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Cooper podcast: Violence Against the Media

For the 34th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Caryl Cooper about the history of violence against the media from the Progressive Era to the…

First Amendment Essay

Myers Essay: Protecting Advertising and Public Relations

14 Oct 201914 Oct 2019

A Brief History of Commercial Speech Protection and the First Amendment Commercial speech has been an area of speech regulation that was said to be “plucked…out of thin air” by…

Brown podcast: The Media and the Mormon Struggle in Missouri

For the 33rd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Vicki Knasel Brown about conflict faced by Mormons trying to settle in Missouri in the 1830s…

First Amendment Essay

The Judicial Legacy of “Or of the Press”

1 Oct 201929 Sep 2019

The First Amendment guarantees five rights. Freedom of the press is one of them, but what is the purpose of this constitutional guarantee? Is the press, as an institution, so…

Ward podcast: The “Vilest” Newspaper Titan

24 Sep 201924 Sep 2019

For the 32nd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Ken J. Ward about the libel suit that disreputable Denver Post publisher Frederick G. Bonfils lodged…

Smith Essay: Women Journalists, Hard News, and Newsroom Diversity

16 Sep 201917 Sep 2019

“‘Raising Unshirted Hell’: The Journalism of Norma Fields, State Capitol Correspondent for the Northeast (MS) Daily Journal” (June 2019) examines the career of the first woman to cover state politics…

Socolow podcast: The History of Televised Presidential Debates

10 Sep 20197 Sep 2019

For the 31th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Michael Socolow about the history of televised presidential debates. Michael Socolow is an associate professor in…

First Amendment Essay

File Essay: How Journalists Make the Meaning of the First Amendment

3 Sep 201931 Aug 2019

In 1980, John Lofton published The Press as Guardian of the First Amendment to a mixed response. Reviewers were intrigued by Lofton’s central argument—that since the founding, U.S. newspaper publishers…

Teresa podcast: Black Celebrity Journalism

27 Aug 201921 Aug 2019

For the 30th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Carrie Teresa her new book, Looking at the Stars: Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow America.…

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…