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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”

Guthrie podcast: Mathew Brady and Photographic Copyright

9 Jul 201917 Jun 2019

For the 27th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Jason Lee Guthrie about how 19th-century photographer Mathew Brady, best known for his vivid battlefield scenes…

First Amendment Essay

Voss Essay: Help Wanted

The Legal and Journalism History to End Segregated Job Ads The battleground was the help-wanted advertisements in newspapers. For the journalists – and their supporters – it was about the…

Carter Olson podcast: The Women’s Press and Utah’s Battle over the Vote

25 Jun 201927 Jun 2019

For the 26th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Candi Carter Olson about how women in Utah used the power of the press and rose…

First Amendment Essay

Reclaiming a Progressive First Amendment to Save Journalism

18 Jun 201913 Jun 2019

Americans are generally proud of their First Amendment and cherish press freedoms.[1] At the same time, few reflect upon the policies, laws, and institutions that maintain such freedoms. Although media…

Parry podcast: Eisenhower–The Public Relations President

10 Jun 201910 Jun 2019

For the 25th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Pam Parry about how President Dwight D. Eisenhower embraced public relations as a necessary component of…

Mallouli essay: Quantitative frame analysis for media & communication students

3 Jun 20193 Jun 2019

"The Framing of North Africans by U.S. Print Media during Operation Torch in World War II" (Sofiene Mallouli and Michael S. Sweeney, Journalism History, March 2019) is an attempt to…

Shepperd podcast: The Grassroots Rise of Public Broadcasting

28 May 20198 May 2019

For the 24th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Will Mari spoke with Josh Shepperd about his work on the Radio Preservation Task Force and his forthcoming book about…

First Amendment Essay

Free Expression and Fake News

Does the "Marketplace of Ideas" Metaphor Still Apply? Social media networks have come under fire for their role in recent election controversies. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicated during Congressional…

Garza podcast: They Came to Toil

14 May 20198 May 2019

For the 23rd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Melita Garza about newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants during the Great Depression years and the…

Zboray and Zboray essay: Studying disability history through 19th-century newspapers

6 May 20196 May 2019

What did newspapers have to say about physical disability in Civil War-era America? What words did they use to represent the multitudes of soldiers who had lost their limbs in…