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Current Issue

Volume 52, No. 3, Fall, 2026. In this Special Issue we explore Media Literacy, Mis/Disinformation Research, and the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. We start with an introduction from guest editor, the Institute of Propaganda Anaylsis’, Anya Schiffrin, where she explores Clyde Miller and the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. Special Issue…Continue reading “Current Issue”

Sloan podcast: The Man Behind The Media in America

19 Feb 201924 Jan 2022

For the 16th episode of the Journalism History podcast, host Nick Hirshon spoke with Wm. David Sloan, the prolific author of almost 50 books on the news media and editor…

First Amendment Essay

Never Forget Herndon v. Lowry (1937)

Despite the enormous odds against him, Angelo Herndon—a black communist who was “every white southerner’s nightmare”[1]—became a free speech hero. After five years of legal persecution and squalid incarceration, he…

Coyle podcast: A “Carnival” Trial and the Free Press

5 Feb 20191 Feb 2019

The featured image above depicts the tomb of Marilyn Sheppard, Sam Sheppard, and their unborn child. (Photo by Tim Evanson, CC-by-SA 2.0) For the 15th episode of the Journalism History…

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…