Podcast 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…
Podcast 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…
Podcast Spector podcast: The Father of Public Relations 9 Jun 2020 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…
Podcast 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…
Podcast Stoner podcast: A Pioneer in AIDS Coverage 26 May 202025 May 2020 For the 50th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Andrew Stoner about his new book on the complex life of Randy Shilts, a journalist who…
Podcast Foss podcast: The History of American Epidemics 19 May 202018 May 2020 For this bonus episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Katie Foss about how shifts in journalism and medicine influenced the coverage, preservation, and fictionalization of…
Podcast Conway podcast: The Made-for-Television Tunnel Escape 12 May 202018 May 2020 For the 49th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Mike Conway about the controversial production of a 1962 NBC documentary that captured the digging of…
Podcast Murphree podcast: The Wonderful Wizard of Community Radio 28 Apr 202028 Apr 2020 For the 48th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Vanessa Murphree about the rocky and trailblazing history of one of the first community radio stations…
Podcast Garfrerick podcast: The ‘Silent Partner’ of the Country Press 14 Apr 20209 Apr 2020 For the 47th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Beth Garfrerick about the partnership between community weekly newspapers and national newspaper syndication services in the…
Podcast DiGirolamo podcast: A Nation of Newsboys 31 Mar 202028 Feb 2020 For the 46th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Vince DiGirolamo about the successes and struggles of the children who have hawked and delivered newspapers since…
