Teaching Essay Bedingfield Essay: Roy Wilkins, Journalism History, and Law-and-Order Rhetoric 26 Nov 2019 Roy Wilkins is best known as an activist who led the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement and its aftermath. But my recent article, “The Journalism of Roy Wilkins and…
Podcast Haygood podcast: The Anti-Christ of Advertising 19 Nov 2019 For the 37th episode of the Journalism History podcast host Nick Hirshon spoke with Daniel Haygood about the many sides of controversial advertising executive Rosser Reeves. Daniel Haygood is an…
First Amendment Essay Klein Essay: “Speaking Out”: Press Freedom in Ethiopia 11 Nov 20197 May 2020 When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October of 2019, it was in part for "granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners,” including many…
Podcast Pressman podcast: The Press at the Precipice 4 Nov 20194 Nov 2019 For the 36th episode of the Journalism History podcast host Nick Hirshon spoke with Matthew Pressman about the emergence of a risky style of reporting and selling the news in…