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Current Issue

Volume 51, No. 4, Winter, 2025. This issue contains an editor’s note from editor Perry Parks on this issue’s theme, Race and the Early 20th Century Press. There are four essays from Edward Timke, Matthew Pressman, Kavitha Rajagopalan and Michael T. Martinez. There are three research articles by Jason McDonald,…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Glende essay: Researching Riesel and organized labor

29 Jan 201921 Jan 2019

I became interested in Victor Riesel while researching for my dissertation at the University of Wisconsin. I was examining how organized labor was covered by mass circulation newspapers during a…

Farrell podcast: Salem, murder, and the press

22 Jan 201920 Dec 2018

For the 14th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with James Farrell, author of "Pretrial Publicity in 1830 Salem: Daniel Webster, New England News, and the…

First Amendment Essay

First Amendment Essay series intro

15 Jan 201919 Dec 2019

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of…

Walck & Walter podcast: Flyin’ Jenny comics and women’s work

8 Jan 201920 Dec 2018

For the 13th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Pamela Walck and Ashley Walter, authors of "Soaring out of the Private Sphere: How Flyin’ Jenny…

Greenwald podcast: A pioneering reporter, the Hardy Boys, and biography writing

23 Dec 201820 Dec 2018

For the 12th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Marilyn Greenwald about her biographies on the first woman to serve as a network news correspondent,…

Gutin and Hume podcast: Remembering the Bushes

20 Dec 201821 Jan 2019

The deaths of George H.W. and Barbara Bush in 2018 generated significant media coverage analyzing their legacies. For the 11th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke…

McCaffrey Q&A: Sports, race, and media evolution

Raymond McCaffrey (University of Arkansas) is the author of “Barry H. Gottehrer and a ‘City in Crisis’: The Path from Journalist to Peacekeeper in New York City’s Turbulent Streets in…

Panelists celebrate 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage

10 Dec 201810 Dec 2018

For the Journalism History podcast, the podcast team recorded a panel at the American Journalism Historians Association 2018 national convention in Salt Lake City. This panel discusses research related to…

Journal History

Journal founder Reilly championed inclusion

4 Dec 20184 Dec 2018

The featured image above is the cover of the Winter 1974-1975 Journalism History, a special issue dedicated to research on women in journalism history. By Erika Pribanic-Smith Upon Tom Reilly's…

Beasley podcast: First ladies and the press

25 Nov 201820 Dec 2018

For the fifth episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Teri Finneman spoke with Maurine Beasley about her work exploring the relationship between first ladies and the press. Professor Emerita…