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Current Issue

Volume 46, No. 3, Sept. 2020 The September issue contains articles by Karlyga Myssayeva & Michael Brown, Nicholas Hirshon, Raymond McCaffrey, Alexander Stewart Liedholdt, and Kimberly Wilmot Voss. Interested in reading these articles? Get information on subscribing here. Article Abstracts “Labor Propaganda and the Gulag Press: The Case of Putevka,”…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Kilmer podcast: Finding Ghosts in Newspapers

27 Oct 202024 Oct 2020

For this bonus Halloween episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke to historian Paulette Kilmer about American newspapers’ fascination with ghosts dating back to the 1800s. Paulette…

Slauter podcast: Copyrighting the News

20 Oct 202019 Oct 2020

For the 62nd episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke to award-winning author Will Slauter about the intertwining histories of journalism and copyright law in the United…

Hirshon Essay: Exploring the Complicated History of Advertising

13 Oct 20206 Oct 2020

Long before Ritz became America’s favorite cracker, there was Uneeda Biscuit. At the turn of the century, Uneeda benefited from one of the first national campaigns to brand a food…

Velloso podcast: A True Newspaperwoman

For the 61st episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Ken Ward spoke to Carolina Velloso about the career of sports reporter, photojournalist and national magazine writer Sadie Kneller Miller,…

Johnson podcast: Ernie Pyle, WWII and Telling It Like It Is

29 Sep 202021 Sep 2020

For the 60th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Ken Ward spoke to Owen Johnson about the journey in journalism taken by war correspondent Ernie Pyle, from growing up…

Student essay: Will Buterbaugh

In the fall of 2019, Journalism History conducted an undergraduate student essay contest. Students answered the question that our podcast hosts ask at the end of every episode: Why does…

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…

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Covert’s Thoughts on Journalism History Research

by Erika J. Pribanic-Smith In the spring of 1974, a new journal emerged dedicated to the history of journalism. As discussed in a prior post, Tom Reilly helmed Journalism History…

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…

Student essay: Max Thompson

25 Aug 202017 Aug 2020

In the fall of 2019, Journalism History conducted an undergraduate student essay contest. Students answered the question that our podcast hosts ask at the end of every episode: Why does…