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Journalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Wars on the Press by Richard Nixon and Donald TrumpIn this episode from our vault, author Mark Feldstein discusses the nasty relationship between President Richard Nixon and investigative journalist Jack Anderson as well as the many criticisms leveled against the news media by President Donald Trump. The transcript is episode 18 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-10-2144 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 145: The Untold Story of Election Night 1952Author Ira Chinoy discusses his latest book, Predicting the Winner, and the beginning of computer forecasting with elections. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-10-0325 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Newspaper Titans: Joseph PulitzerIn this episode from our vault, historian Chris Daly reviews the sensational career of publisher Joseph Pulitzer before we take a virtual tour of the Missouri History Museum in Pulitzer’s adopted hometown of St. Louis. The transcript is episode 65 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-09-1649 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 144: The Letdown of Liberal Talk RadioJournalist Gregory Svirnovskiy discusses Democrats’ unsuccessful attempts after the 1994 midterm elections to counter conservative hosts like Rush Limbaugh with the liberal voices of Mario Cuomo, Gary Hart, and Ed Koch. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-09-0235 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Journalists on FilmIn this episode from our vault, author Richard Ness reviews Hollywood’s diverse depictions of journalists over the years, from crusading reporters in All the President’s Men and Spotlight to manipulative media executives in Citizen Kane and Network. The transcript is episode 103 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-08-1942 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 143: Last Paper StandingAuthor Ken Ward discusses his new book, which examines a century of competition between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-08-0548 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: They Came to ToilIn this episode from our vault, professor Melita Garza discusses newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants during the Great Depression years and the issues that remain in current times. Note that some references to current events may have changed since the episode was first released. The transcript is episode 23 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast.
2024-07-1533 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 142: The Peopleization of TV NewsResearcher Maddie Liseblad discusses the early days of television in the U.S. and how the format for local TV news that continues today was developed in the 1960s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast.
2024-07-0125 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: The Flyin’ Jenny Comic StripIn this episode from our vault, scholars Pamela Walck and Ashley Walter discuss their research on a pioneering comic strip whose portrayal of a female aviator helped ease Americans’ fears about changing gender roles in the World War II era. The transcript is Episode 13 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast.
2024-06-1738 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 141: Fake News in the American RevolutionAuthor Jordan Taylor examines a “post-truth” era that long predated misleading social media posts and unscrupulous twenty-first-century politicians, stretching back to when colonial newspapers printed false accounts of battles and beheadings. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast
2024-06-0329 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: The Commercialization of PBSIn this episode from the vault, historian Camille Reyes charts the history of the Public Broadcasting Service as a platform for new ideas and information that has been haunted and hobbled by capitalism and cronyism. The transcript is Episode 78 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast.
2024-05-2027 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 140: How Private Investment Helped Destroy NewspapersMargot Susca delves into the destructive practices of private equity firms on newspapers, highlighting the urgent need for a thorough understanding of this history in safeguarding our democratic society. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-05-0629 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 139: PR and Crime NovelsPR researcher Karen Miller Russell discusses her latest article examining public relations in U.S. mystery novels. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast
2024-04-1518 minJournalism History50th Anniversary: Why Does Journalism History Matter?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the academic journal Journalism History, we're reaching into the vault to highlight five of the podcast's most popular episodes. In this episode, we revisit out most popular show, a reflection with prior guests on the central mission of our show: Why does journalism history matter? Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-04-0512 minJournalism History50th Anniversary: Hidden Figures in Public Relations HistoryTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the academic journal Journalism History, we're reaching into the vault to highlight five of the podcast's most popular episodes. In this episode, researcher Denise Hill provides an overdue spotlight on African-American public relations practitioners, including Ida B. Wells, Henry Lee Moon, Moss Kendrix and Inez Kaiser. The transcript is Episode 21 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-04-0426 minJournalism History50th Anniversary: News for the MassesTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the academic journal Journalism History, we're reaching into the vault to highlight five of the podcast's most popular episodes. In this episode, historian Bill Huntzicker, author of the book The Popular Press, 1833–1865, describes the forces that radically altered the journalism industry in New York and across the United States in the mid-1800s. The transcript is Episode 45 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-04-0328 minJournalism History50th Anniversary: Newspaper Titans: William Randolph HearstTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the academic journal Journalism History, we're reaching into the vault to highlight five of the podcast's most popular episodes. In this episode, historian Chris Daly discusses the career of William Randolph Hearst and we take a virtual tour of Hearst’s former home, Hearst Castle, in California. The transcript is Episode 66 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-04-0259 minJournalism History50th Anniversary: The Unknown Stories of TitanicTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the academic journal Journalism History, we're reaching into the vault to highlight five of the podcast's most popular episodes. In this two-guest episode, researcher Tim Ziaukas focuses on the crisis communication history of Titanic while historian Ron Rodgers discusses his research, The Titanic, the Times, Checkbook Journalism, and the Inquiry into the Public's Right to Know. The transcript is Episode 76 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-04-0148 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Mathew Brady and Photographic CopyrightIn this episode from the vault, scholar Jason Lee Guthrie describes how 19th-century photographer Mathew Brady, best known for his vivid battlefield scenes of the Civil War, used copyright to protect his work from infringement and legally link his name with images he believed would have enduring value. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-03-181h 14Journalism HistoryEpisode 138: ESPN Turns 45Author Travis Vogan discusses the complicated legacy and precarious future of the all-sports cable network that turned the NFL Draft and NCAA men’s basketball tournament into television spectacles. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-03-0444 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: The Black Press & the Fight for Racial JusticeIn a throwback to an episode in our vault, author Fred Carroll describes the evolution of African American newspapers after the commercial and alternative Black press began to cross over in the 1920s. The transcript is Episode 72 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2024-02-1930 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 137: First Lady of the Black PressHistorian Jinx Broussard discusses the career of Ethel Payne and the book African American Foreign Correspondents, A History. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast
2024-02-0531 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Eisenhower: The Public Relations PresidentIn a throwback to an episode in our vault, author Pam Parry discusses how President Dwight Eisenhower embraced public relations as a necessary component of American democracy and advanced the profession at a key moment in its history. The transcript is Episode 25 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-01-1526 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 136: Kent Cooper’s Associated PressGene Allen, professor emeritus at Toronto Metropolitan University, charts the career of Kent Cooper, who joined the Associated Press in 1910 before climbing the ranks and becoming its executive director. Allen describes how Cooper expanded the AP's overseas operations and fended off competing wire services such as the United Press during his more than four decades with the AP. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2024-01-0129 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa ClausAs a holiday tradition, we re-air our episode where hosts of the Journalism History podcast come together for a special Christmas episode that tells the story of an 8-year-old girl and the most reprinted editorial in the English language. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2023-12-1845 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 135: History of the Christmas CardWriter John Hanc describes his research on the history of Christmas cards for an article that ran in Smithsonian Magazine. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-12-0422 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: The History of Food JournalismIn this throwback from our vault, food journalism expert Kim Voss discusses the significance of food history and the story behind New York Times food writer Jane Nickerson and her food section from 1942-1957. The transcript for this episode is at Episode 59 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-11-2030 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 134: Myth, Memory, Media Mourning and the KennedysResearcher Carolyn Kitch discusses her article, “A Death in the American Family: Myth, Memory and National Values in the Media Mourning of John F. Kennedy Jr.” Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast
2023-11-0622 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Finding Ghosts in NewspapersIn this throwback from our vault, we trace American newspapers’ fascination with ghosts back to the 1800s with historian Paulette D. Kilmer. The transcript for this episode is at Episode 62.5 at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-10-1633 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 133: The 1948 Presidential ElectionHistorian Cayce Myers describes the tactics used by the press in explaining its errant coverage of the 1948 presidential election, drawing parallels and distinctions between the strategies used in 1948 and 2016. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-10-0233 minJournalism HistoryFrom the Vault: Intimidation Through Libel LawIn a throwback to an episode in our vault, historian Aimee Edmondson describes how opponents of the Civil Rights movement weaponized libel law for decades to squelch free speech and silence African American dissent. The transcript is available at Episode 56 at at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2023-09-1834 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 132: Investigative Reporting in the 1830sHistorian Gerry Lanosga describes the investigative reporting techniques used by abolitionists in the early 1800s to counter lies and disinformation spread by slaveholders and their allies. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-09-0425 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 131: The Sage of EmporiaBiographer Beverley Buller discusses William Allen White, known as the Sage of Emporia, and how this Kansas newspaper owner became a national phenomenon whose home remains a tourist attraction today. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-08-2139 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 130: When the News BrokeAuthor Heather Hendershot discusses her book, When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-08-0732 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 129: Staged NewsAuthor Jordana Cox discusses her book, Staged News, about a Depression-era collaboration between journalism and theater to produce news for the theatrical stage. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2023-07-0336 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 128: The Birth of High School JournalismResearcher Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen describes how student newspapers became prominent parts of the American high school experience in the early 1900s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-06-0526 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 127: Responsibility vs. Objectivity in Cold War WashingtonHistorian Kathryn McGarr takes aim at the conventional view of the Cold War Washington press corps as a group of naïve transcriptionists. In this episode, she details the sense of responsibility driving Washington reporters in the '40s and '50s and explains their resulting complicity in passing lies and misinformation to the public. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-05-2227 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 126: Monica Lewinsky and 1998 Newspaper FramingResearcher Tracy Everbach discusses the 25th anniversary since the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky affair became national news and the problematic coverage that Lewinsky endured in 1998. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-05-0820 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 125: Advertising and the Great DepressionUniversity of Kansas student Chloe Martens discusses her research examining how advertisers framed their products during the Dust Bowl/Great Depression years. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-04-2417 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 124: Look: The Forgotten MagazineFormer New York Times reporter, book author, and historian Andrew L. Yarrow shares the overlooked history of Look magazine, a photojournalistic rival to better-known Life that featured pioneering coverage of topics like civil rights and gender and that both reflected and helped build the American post-war consensus. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-04-1030 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 123: The History of Deaf PrintersCurator Jannelle Legg discusses a new online exhibit examining the role of Deaf printers in journalism history. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2023-03-2721 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 122: FDR and The MediaFor the 90th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt becoming president, author Harold Holzer discusses FDR's relationship with the press and public relations, as well as his mastery of mass communication. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2023-03-1334 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 121: The Colonial PressAuthor Andie Tucher discusses the early history of U.S. newspapers and her new book, Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-02-2626 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 120: Framing the Black PanthersAuthor Jane Rhodes discusses her book, "Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon." Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-02-1331 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 119: Empowering Black Women in the Chicago DefenderHistorian Caryl Cooper shares the career of Rebecca Stiles Taylor, who used her column at the Chicago Defender to champion social justice and political empowerment in the 1940s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-01-3028 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 118: PR and the Gay Rights MovementResearcher Edward Alwood explains how activists in the Gay Rights Movement used public relations practices to reframe media coverage in the 1950s and '60s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-01-1625 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 117: The Style of IslamResearcher Fred Vultee explains how the Associated Press Stylebook's treatment of Islam has changed over time. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2023-01-0223 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 116: Mental Health and Sports CoverageHistorian Nick Hirshon describes the media's treatment of the mental health of professional athletes. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-12-1925 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 115: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa ClausAs a holiday tradition, we re-air our episode where hosts of the Journalism History podcast come together for a special Christmas episode that tells the story of an 8-year-old girl and the most reprinted editorial in the English language. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-12-0145 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 114: The Sunday PaperAuthor Paul Moore discusses his book, The Sunday Paper, exploring the history of the Sunday newspaper and its rise as an American cultural institution between the 1880s and 1920s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-11-2139 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 113: Extending Advertising to Black AudiencesHistorians Kim Mangun and Lisa Parcell explain how advertisers began speaking directly to Black audiences in the 1950s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-11-0724 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 112: The Revitalization of CosmopolitanIndependent scholar Paula Hunt describes the transformation Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown brought to the magazine and the commercial success that followed. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-10-1625 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 111:Girl Stunt ReportersAuthor Kim Todd details the daring exploits of women reporters who pioneered a new genre of investigative journalism in the 1880s and 1890s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-10-0337 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 110: Diaries of WarBiographer Ray Boomhower follows the career of war correspondent Richard Tregaskis from Guadalcanal to Korea to Vietnam. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-09-1929 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 109: Authentic Representation of Native AmericansHistorian Melissa Greene-Blye discusses the importance of representation of Native Americans in the media of the past and present. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-09-0524 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 108: Prehistory of the PaparazziRyan Linkof discusses his research, 'The Photographic Attack on His Royal Highness': The Prince of Wales, Wallis Simpson and the Prehistory of the Paparazzi. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-08-2221 min
The Macademia NutsEpisode 0020: AEJMC Recap - Generation X and Tomato SoupThis week the Nuts discuss all that happened at this year’s AEJMC conference, including just a little bit of what actually happened at the conference. Topics included Detroit and its cuisine, the GM Renaissance Center, the Netflix shows consumed while at the conference, including the new Woodstock ‘99 documentary, and finally, what actually happened at the conference itself. David introduces the three questions that tell you all you need to know about somebody, Lindsey has a theory about Gen X, and Alec’s soup preparation skills are openly mocked. 2022-08-141h 24Journalism HistoryEpisode 107: Framing Protest and Describing DisabilityResearcher Joy Jenkins describes how the language used in news media to describe people with disabilities has changed through the case of a 1977 protest in support of civil rights regulations. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-08-0123 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 106: Doctors Confront the Turn-of-the-Century PressResearcher Ulf Jonas Bjork explains the criticism voiced in medical journals against reporters, advertisers and the newspaper industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-07-0428 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 105: Watergate and the PressIn observance of the 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests, researcher Jon Marshall explores the role of the press in covering the scandal and the eventual downfall of the Nixon administration. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-06-0628 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 104: The Moon HoaxResearcher Brian Thornton discusses one of the first and most bizarre newspaper frauds in the United States: the infamous moon hoax of 1835, perpetuated by the New York Sun and reporter Richard Adams Locke. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-05-0918 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 103: Journalists on FilmAuthor Richard Ness reviews Hollywood’s diverse depictions of journalists over the years, from crusading reporters in All the President’s Men and Spotlight to manipulative media executives in Citizen Kane and Network. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-04-2542 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 102: Defining the Partisan Press EraHistorian Erika Pribanic-Smith uses the hotly contested 1844 presidential election to explain the partisan press era and to draw connections between that era and our own. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-04-1132 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 101: The Immigrant Press and First Red ScareResearcher Anna Popkova describes the importance of the immigrant press in the early 1900s to help build and inform communities new to America and how critical these newspapers were during times of sweeping discrimination. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-03-2829 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 100: The Telegraph, Libel and Press FreedomAuthor Patrick File discusses his book, Bad News Travels Fast: The Telegraph, Libel and Press Freedom in the Progressive Era, and reviews three turn-of-the-century libel suits, including one from world-famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-03-1449 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 99: A Tour of the Midcentury NewsroomHistorian Will Mari gives a tour of the American newsroom as it existed in the mid-20th century, introducing the various roles involved in the newsgathering process both inside and out of the newsroom. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2022-02-2827 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 98: Dear Abby, I’m GayAuthor Andrew Stoner describes how advice columnists, such as Ann Landers, Dear Abby and Dr. Joyce Brothers, affected public opinion on homosexuality. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/. Editor's Note: Stoner passed away after the recording of this podcast. We dedicate this episode to his legacy.
2022-02-1434 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 97: The Community-Building Bennett BannerResearcher Sheryl Kennedy Haydel explains how the journalists of the student-run Bennett Banner used their paper to rally their peers at Bennett College, a historically Black college for women, from the 1930s through the '50s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-01-3126 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 96: Newspaper Coverage of Women in PoliticsResearcher Tracy Lucht analyzes how five trailblazing women in politics of different races, ethnicities and regions were written about after the 19th Amendment was ratified. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-01-1732 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 95: The First Presidential Press SecretaryScholar Meghan Menard McCune reviews the career of Ray Stannard Baker, the chief spokesman for President Woodrow Wilson during the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2022-01-0330 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 94: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa ClausAs a holiday tradition, we re-air our episode where hosts of the Journalism History podcast come together for a special Christmas episode that tells the story of an 8-year-old girl and the most reprinted editorial in the English language. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-12-1345 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 93: Journalism and Jim CrowProfessor Kathy Roberts Forde discusses her co-edited book, Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-11-2940 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 92: Truth and Ideology Among Cold War CorrespondentsCity University of London Senior Lecturer Dina Fainberg explores the experiences of U.S. and Soviet foreign correspondents during the Cold War and the competing notions of truth they pursued in their reporting. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-11-1531 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 91: Ratings Powerhouses Univision and TelemundoAuthor Craig Allen describes how Spanish-language television networks Univision and Telemundo became ratings powerhouses by programming a unique mix of news, soccer, telenovelas and variety shows. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-11-011h 00Journalism HistoryEpisode 90: How the Other Half LivesHistorian Keith Greenwood shares the story of muckraker Jacob Riis and his famous photography examining How the Other Half Lives. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-10-1833 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 89: Civil War Press Suppression in the American WestResearcher Mary Lamonica describes the editorial battles waged among American West newspaper editors during the Civil War and the impact that pro-Union support for press suppression had on defining the boundaries of free speech.
2021-10-0426 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 88: Covering the Kent State ShootingsAuthor Bob Giles discusses his book, When Truth Mattered: The Kent State Shootings 50 Years Later, and what it was like to be an editor in charge of that coverage in 1970. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-09-2040 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 87: Reporting from Ground ZeroFormer television reporter Vince DeMentri recalls reporting live from the wreckage of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. You can also find essays about the history of journalism and 9/11 at our website https://journalism-history.org/. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-09-0655 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 86: Woodrow Wilson’s Ministry of PropagandaAuthor John Maxwell Hamilton analyzes the propaganda spread during World War I by President Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Relations. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-08-1640 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 85: Making Jesse James a Folk HeroResearcher Cathy Jackson explains the outsized role that newspapers played in making a folk hero out of Jesse James. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-08-0227 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 84: Life Magazine’s “College Girl”Researcher Lindsay Hargrave discusses the history of Life magazine and how college-aged women were portrayed in the 1930s. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-07-1925 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 83: America's "Tory" PrinterHistorian Autumn Lorimer Linford tells the real story of James Rivington, the most infamous printer of the American Revolution. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-07-0425 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 82: The Hutchins CommissionHistorian Stephen Bates recounts the creation and findings of the Hutchins Commission ahead of the 75th anniversary of the “A Free and Responsible Press” report. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-06-2123 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 81: The Plucky Path of Nellie BlyAuthor Brooke Kroeger reviews the daring career of Nellie Bly, the newspaper reporter who feigned insanity to investigate abuse at an asylum and traveled the world in a record-breaking 72 days. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-06-0746 minJournalism HistoryPodcast TrailerLearn more about the Journalism History podcast through our trailer.
2021-06-0101 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 80: The Tulsa Race MassacreJournalist Randy Krehbiel discusses his book, Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre, for the 100th anniversary of this long ignored moment in history. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-05-3037 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 79: Hoover and the Fourth EstateAuthor Matt Cecil explains how J. Edgar Hoover built and protected a heroic narrative for the FBI by manipulating journalists and information. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-05-2426 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 78: The Commercialization of PBSHistorian Camille Reyes charts the history of the Public Broadcasting Service as a platform for new ideas and information that has been haunted and hobbled by capitalism and cronyism. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-05-1027 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 77: The Founding Mothers of NPRAuthor Lisa Napoli describes how four women – Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts – transformed journalism through their pioneering work on National Public Radio. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-04-2630 minJournalism HistoryBONUS: Front Row at the Trump ShowJonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News during the Trump administration, discusses his book, Front Row at the Trump Show, in this special bonus episode. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-04-1940 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 76: The Unknown Stories of TitanicIn our two-guest episode, researcher Tim Ziaukas focuses on the crisis communication history of Titanic while historian Ron Rodgers discusses his research, The Titanic, the Times, Checkbook Journalism, and the Inquiry into the Public's Right to Know. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-04-1248 minJournalism HistoryEpisode 75: Nixon's War on TelevisionResearcher Dale Cressman explores the complex relationship between the Nixon administration and ABC News in the wake of Spiro Agnew's rhetorical attack on television journalists. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.
2021-03-2926 minJournalism HistoryStudent Week: Celebrity Journalism and Social ConsciousnessDuquesne University student Marcela Mack talks to author Carrie Teresa about her book, Looking at The Stars; Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow's America.
2021-03-2516 minJournalism HistoryStudent Week: Prior Restraint and the Pentagon PapersWilliam Paterson University student Sean Mauro discusses the concept of prior restraint of publication and the reporting on the Pentagon Papers with journalist and author Roy Harris.
2021-03-2516 minJournalism HistoryStudent Week: Sports Talk Radio in MemphisLouisiana State University student Murry Goldberg spoke to four local radio hosts and personalities about the development of sports talk radio in Memphis and the way that it has become intertwined into the culture of the city.
2021-03-2524 minJournalism HistoryStudent Week: Deporting and Empowering a Communist JournalistWayne State University student Ellen Chamberlain discusses how Communist journalist Claudia Jones pursued a career amid sexism, racism and wide distrust of immigrants before and after being deported from the U.S.
2021-03-2407 minJournalism HistoryStudent Week: Blurred LinesWilliam Paterson University student Ryley McKiernan investigates the history of copyright law through the lens of the 2013 song “Blurred Lines,” featuring insights from an interview with Jason Lee Guthrie, a media historian at Clayton State University.
2021-03-2318 minJournalism HistoryStudent Week: Drum Publications and Players They ShapeLouisiana State University student Nick Ashton and his guests discuss the history and current events surrounding publications and literature related to drumming. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/
2021-03-2226 min
The Journalism SaluteMaking Journalism History Accessible with Teri Finneman & Nick Hirshon of the AEJMCOn this episode, Mark Simon talks with Teri Finneman and Nick Hirshon of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) – History Division. They are journalism professors at the University of Kansas and William Paterson University respectively.Terri is the executive producer and co-host and Nick is a regular co-host of the podcast, Journalism History, a fun and interesting look at stories you might not have read about in your class textbooks.They explained what the AEJMC is and their roles within the history division and shared som...2020-11-1029 min
Pandemic ProfessorsAround the world in 30 minutes with stops in Rome, the Panama Canal and the upcoming AEJMC conferenceThis week we take a break from interrogating guests and check-in with each other on the upcoming AEJMC conference, plans for the fall, Rome, plumbing, and the Panama Canal! As always - reality is discussed and laughter is encouraged!
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