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Volume 48, No. 3, Fall 2022 The Fall issue contains articles by Alexia Little, Madeleine Liseblad & Gregory Pitts, and Monique Freemon & Amber Roessner. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “Cementing Their Heroes: Historical Newspaper Coverage of Confederate Monuments,” Alexia Little Following continued…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Todd Podcast: Girl Stunt Reporters

3 Oct 20224 Oct 2022

For the 111th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Nick Hirshon, author Kim Todd details the daring exploits of women reporters who pioneered a new genre of investigative…

Stephen, Stories That Make History

2022-09 | Download PDF Stephen, Lynn. Stories That Make History: Mexico through Elena Poniatowska's Crónicas. Durham: Duke University Press, 2021, 328 pp. $27.95 (Paperback). Reviewed by Litzy Galarza, University of…

Boomhower Podcast: Diaries of War

19 Sep 202217 Sep 2022

For the 110th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Nick Hirshon, biographer Ray Boomhower follows the career of war correspondent Richard Tregaskis from Guadalcanal to Korea to Vietnam. Senior…

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: The Jewish weekly ‘Jüdische Rundschau’ during the First World War

12 Sep 202211 Sep 2022

In March 1915, the Jüdische Rundschau (Jewish Review) reflected on the role of the German-Jewish press in wartime: It is able to hold the Jewish community together, to inform about…

Broadcast History Series…

Call for Essays: Broadcast Media History

The website for AEJMC History Division's scholarly journal Journalism History seeks essays on the history and importance of television over the last 60 years. The impetus for this essay series…

Greene-Blye Podcast: Authentic Representation of Native Americans

5 Sep 20223 Sep 2022

For the 109th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, historian Melissa Greene-Blye discusses the importance of representation of Native Americans in the media of the past…

Marshall, Clash

29 Aug 202227 Aug 2022

2022-08 | Download PDF Marshall, Jon. Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2022, 424 pp., $36.95 (hardback). Reviewed by Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri…

Linkof Podcast: Prehistory of the Paparazzi

22 Aug 202216 Aug 2022

For the 108th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Teri Finneman, Ryan Linkof discusses his research on the Prince of Wales, Wallis Simpson, and the Prehistory of the…

Diversity Essay Series

Diversity Essay: A Case Study of Woman Citizen

15 Aug 202212 Aug 2022

The Press as a Vehicle for Activism, Identity Formation, and Community This essay explores how women, shut out of the public sphere, utilized print publications to garner support for their…

Jenkins Podcast: Framing Protest and Describing Disability

1 Aug 202227 Jul 2022

For the 107th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, researcher Joy Jenkins describes how the language used in news media to describe people with disabilities has changed…