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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”

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…

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…