Podcast – Journalism History journal

Voss podcast: The History of Food Journalism

16 Sep 202010 Sep 2020

For the 59th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to Kim Voss about the significance of food history and the story behind New York Times food…

McCaffrey podcast: Jackie Robinson After Baseball

1 Sep 202031 Aug 2020

For the 58th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Raymond McCaffrey about the activism of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson after he retired from the game…

Jaccarino podcast: America’s Last Great Newspaper War

18 Aug 202017 Aug 2020

For the 57th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Mike Jaccarino about his colorful stint as a reporter for the New York Daily News from…

Edmondson podcast: Intimidation Through Libel Law

6 Aug 20205 Aug 2020

For the 56th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Aimee Edmondson about how opponents of the Civil Rights movement weaponized libel law for decades to…

Heckman podcast: The Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party

3 Aug 20203 Aug 2020

For the 55th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to Meg Heckman about her new book "Political Godmother," which discusses newspaper publisher Nackey Scripps Loeb, one…

Cronkite podcast: The Most Trusted Man in America

19 Jul 202013 Jul 2020

For the 54th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to Mike Conway and Amanda Morrow to mark the anniversary of the death of legendary CBS Evening…

Melillo podcast: The Problems with Polls

7 Jul 20206 Jul 2020

For the 53rd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Ken Ward spoke to Wendy Melillo about how political polls have been used—and misused—and the election prediction mishaps in American…

Rounkles podcast: Court Held at Midnight

23 Jun 20209 Jun 2020

For the 52nd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to Claire Rounkles about newspaper complicity in the 1894 lynching of Roscoe Parker in Ohio. This episode…

Spector podcast: The Father of Public Relations

For the 51st episode of the Journalism History podcast, Shelley Spector describes interviewing opinion-making pioneer Edward Bernays about his landmark campaigns to sell bacon as a breakfast food and cigarettes…

Bonus podcast: Why does journalism history matter?

2 Jun 20201 Jun 2020

To celebrate the first 50 episodes of the Journalism History podcast, we reflect with prior guests on the central mission of our show: Why does journalism history matter? This episode…