Journalism History

Episode 38: Emma Goldman & the First Amendment

Author Erika Pribanic-Smith talks about her new book, Emma Goldman’s No-Conscription League and the First Amendment, profiling Goldman’s struggle for free speech during World War I.

Episode 37: The Anti-Christ of Advertising

Scholar Daniel M. Haygood discusses the many sides of controversial advertising executive Rosser Reeves.

Episode 36:The Press at the Precipice

Historian Matthew Pressman, author of On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News, details the emergence of a risky style of reporting and selling the news in the 1960s and 1970s that reimagined the journalistic principles of objectivity and impartiality.

Episode 35: Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker

Scholar Bailey Dick examines the radical journalism of Dorothy Day during her five decades at the helm of The Catholic Worker.

Episode 34: Violence Against the Media

Historian Caryl Cooper discusses the history of violence against the media from the Progressive Era to the present.

Episode 33: The Media & The Mormon Struggle in Missouri

Professor Vicki Brown tells the story of the conflict faced by Mormons trying to settle in Missouri in the 1830s and how mainstream and religious newspapers differed in their coverage.
 

Episode 32: The “Vilest” Newspaper Titan

Historian Ken Ward explores the libel suit that disreputable Denver Post publisher Frederick G. Bonfils lodged against the Rocky Mountain News in 1932.

Episode 31: The History of Televised Presidential Debates

Media historian Michael Socolow discusses how televised presidential debates got started and the famous myth of that Kennedy/Nixon debate.

Episode 30: Black Celebrity Journalism

Author Carrie Teresa discusses her new book, "Looking at the Stars: Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow America."

Episode 29: The Stonewall Riots

Scholar Michelle Rotuno-Johnson describes the derogatory press coverage of the 1969 New York City protests that became emblematic of the gay rights movement.