Journalism History

Author 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/

Historian 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/

Researcher 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.

Author 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/    

Former 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/  

Author 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/

Researcher 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/ . 

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/

Historian 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/

Historian 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/

Author 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/

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Journalist 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/

Author 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/ .

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. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/

Author 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/ . 

Jonathan 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/ . 

In 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/. 

Researcher 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/ . 

Duquesne University student Marcela Mack talks to author Carrie Teresa about her book, Looking at The Stars; Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow's America.

William 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.

Louisiana 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.

Wayne 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.

William 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.

Louisiana 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/