Journalism History

New publication in @JHistoryJournal! It's the story of Clete Roberts, his #PacificTheater adventures and #PurpleHeart. Thanks to the JH editors and reviewers. Grateful for Rising Scholar funding from @AJMediaHistory & @AJHAsocial! Read: tandfonline.com/eprint/IWEIFCY… #WorldWarII #WWII

I have a new article out today (online first, at least), with @JHistoryJournal, focus on the materiality of paper and its survival into our more digital (but still paper-using) present: #d1e413" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congrats to the five media historians receiving funding to support their diversity and media history research! The microgrants are sponsored by the @AEJHistory and AJHA as part of a collaborative effort to stimulate more diversity research in @JHistoryJournal and @AJMediaHistory.

We have many terrific reviewers and it's time they get some recognition. Congratulations to Maurine Beasley, our 2025 Reilly Award winner! She is not only a dedicated reviewer, but she is also one of our top published authors! #more-4279" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mediahistorydivision.com/journalism-his…

Big congratulations to our 2025 Sweeney Award winner @baileydick! 🎉🎉🎉 #journalism #mediahistory #more-4275" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mediahistorydivision.com/aejmc-history-…

Exciting news! We'll publish a special issue on #MediaLiteracy, Mis/Disinformation Research, and the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. Please consider submitting! Abstract deadline is May 1. More here: journalism-history.org/2025/02/08/jou…

We are devastated. Pam Parry, our former editor, has died. Teri Finneman, former Pub Committee Chair, summed it up: “This is an incalculable loss for our field." Pam was a colleague, friend, and mentor to so many of us.

Today we celebrate Ethel Payne, a monumental journalist in journalism history, for #BlackHistoryMonth Learn about the First Lady of the Black press in this throwback episode. journalismhistorypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-137-…

Applications are due in two days!

@michiganstateu's Ed Timke won the 2024/2025 essay contest. Jennifer Martin (Deakin University, Australia) and @kimvoss (@UCF ) tied for 2nd. Honorable mentions include @OtavioDaros, @jasonleeguthrie, @matt_pressman, @ckaradjov. More here: journalism-history.org/2025/01/16/tim…

REMINDER: Deadline Jan. 31. We're offering money! Partnering with @AJMediaHistory to award microgrants for diversity research. Apply now! Details: #more-4239" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mediahistorydivision.com/journalism-his… #mediahistory #diversity #journalism #pr #advertising

Congrats to Karen Miller Russell, who is our 2024 Journalism History podcast guest of the year, for her episode PR and Crime Novels. journalismhistorypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-139-…

REMINDER: Deadline Dec. 15! Get published! Win money! #journalism #mediahistory

We're offering money! Yes, it is true! We're partnering with our colleagues @AJMediaHistory to offer microgrants for diversity research. Apply now! Details: #more-4239" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mediahistorydivision.com/journalism-his… #mediahistory #diversity #journalism #pr #advertising

Last open access article to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Only fitting we go back to the first issue. Here's James W. Carey’s, “The Problem of Journalism History.” Enjoy the reading and submit your research to us! #journalism #media #mediahistory tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Our final episode is now live. We thank our fans so much for their support over the past six years. We will still feature the 2024 book award winner next August as a bonus episode, but for one last time until then: Good night and good luck. - Teri journalismhistorypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-147-…

Looking for a #podcast recommendation for #Thanksgiving2024 travel? Hit up the Journalism History podcast with over 150 shows. 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. @podbean

In our latest episode, Kathryn Olmsted discusses her book, The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler, and how anti-interventionist attitudes by publishers hindered the U.S. and British responses to Hitler's rise to power. journalismhistorypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-146-…

It's officially the beginning of holiday food season, so tune in to one of our most popular episodes with @kimvoss examining the history of food journalism! journalismhistorypodcast.podbean.com/e/from-the-vau…

Our November open access article is @matt_pressman's “Black and White and Red All Over? Reassessing Newspapers' Role in the Red Scare of 1919.” tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… #mediahistory #journalism #newspapers