A podcast that rips out the pages of your history books to re-examine the stories you thought you knew and the ones you were never told.
Journalism History
A podcast that rips out the pages of your history books to re-examine the stories you thought you knew.
Episodes
Monday Jan 15, 2024
From the Vault: Eisenhower: The Public Relations President
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
In 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/
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Episode 136: Kent Cooper’s Associated Press
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Gene 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/
Monday Dec 18, 2023
From the Vault: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
As 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/.
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Episode 135: History of the Christmas Card
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Writer 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/
Monday Nov 20, 2023
From the Vault: The History of Food Journalism
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
In 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/
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Episode 134: Myth, Memory, Media Mourning and the Kennedys
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Researcher 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
Monday Oct 16, 2023
From the Vault: Finding Ghosts in Newspapers
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
In 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/
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Episode 133: The 1948 Presidential Election
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Historian 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/
Monday Sep 18, 2023
From the Vault: Intimidation Through Libel Law
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
In 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/.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Episode 132: Investigative Reporting in the 1830s
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Historian 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/