Routledge Companion to American Journalism History

Melita M. Garza is an associate professor and the Tom and June Netzel Sleeman Scholar in Business Journalism at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign. She is a media historian focusing on journalism and democracy, and marginalized groups.Michael Fuhlhage is an associate professor of journalism and communication at Wayne State University. He researches media history concentrating on racial representation, the genesis of stereotypes about Latina/os in the nineteenth-century press, and open-source intelligence during the American Civil War. Tracy Lucht is an associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University, where she studies the history of women in the media.

• IntroductionPart IThe U.S. Press: Evolution and Key AreasChapter 1: Five Ages: Rethinking Historical Eras of American JournalismThomas . TerryChapter 2: The Press in the Civil WarDebra Reddin Van TuyllChapter 3: Freedom of the Press from What?": An Analysis of How The Quill Contrasts Free Press Ideals and Practices in the United States and Abroad Erin K. Coyle and Annette MastersonChapter 4: A Genealogy of Newsroom Diversity: The Hutchins Commission, the Kerner Commission, and the American Society of Newspaper EditorsGwyneth MellingerChapter 5: Presenting Journalism as ‘Destiny’: Textbooks as Sites of Journalism HistoryPerry ParksPart IIConflict, Truth, Power & PoliticsChapter 6: War Reporting, Propaganda, and TruthElisabeth Fondren and Natascha Toft RoelsgaardChapter 7: The Black Press and the Fight for EqualityShaniece B. Bickham and Jinx Coleman BroussardChapter 8: Boxing Heroes of the Twentieth-Century Black Press: Beyond the "Color Line" TropeCarrie TeresaChapter 9: The Press and the Presidency: How the Executive Branch Legitimizes the Fourth EstatePam ParryChapter 10: Journalism and Moral CourageMelita M. GarzaPart III Investigative, Business, and Accountability Journalism HistoryChapter 11:, Id[e]as "Like Magic" in the Margins: Ida B. Wells, Ida Tarbell, and the Agency in Investigative JournalismLori Amber RoessnerChapter 12: Labor Journalism History: The Missing Story of WorkersChristopher R. MartinChapter 13: Women in Business Journalism HistoryMelony Shemberger and Melita M. GarzaChapter 14: The Importance of Business Journalism in American Journalism and Business HistoryChris RoushChapter 15: Media Culpa: News Organizations’ Apologies for Complicity in Systemic RacismMichael Fuhlhage and Lee WilkinsPart IVBroadcast and Documentary JournalismChapter 16: Key Issues in Broadcast News HistoryMike ConwayChapter 17: Radio News in Journalism HistoryMichael J. SocolowChapter 18: Transnational Research and Television HistoryMadeleine LisebladChapter 19: Documentary Journalism HistoryThomas MascaroPart VWomen in Journalism HistoryChapter 20: Women in Journalism HistoryMaurine H/ BeasleyChapter 21: From Bloomers to Bombshells: Women Journalists as SpectacleTracy LuchtChapter 22: The Troubles with the 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement: A Black Feminist Critique of Ethel L. Payne’s ReportageCristina MislánChapter 23: The Women’s Pages: Sites of Tradition and Social ChangeKimberly Wilmot VossChapter 24: From Garber to Kimes: The Evolution of the Female Sports Journalist in the U.S.Molly YanityPart VIAlternative Media and Underrepresented Groups in Journalism HistoryChapter 25: Examining Alternative MediaKevin M. LernerChapter 26: Case Study in Alternative Media: Dorothy Day, The Catholic Worker, and Uncovering Religion in Journalism HistoryBailey DickChapter 27: Mainstream Journalism and the Black Struggle for Civil Rights in the United StatesSid BedingfieldChapter 28: The Immigrant Press: Building Community, Giving VoiceJon Bekken and Melita M. GarzaChapter 29: Finding the First Americans in American Journalism HistoryMelissa Greene-BlyeChapter 30: Let’s Pull Together’": A Story of Filipina/o/x American JournalismCeleste González de BustamanteChapter 31: The News Media and the Myth of the Mexican MiscreantMichael FuhlhagePart VIIUnderrepresented Formats in Journalism HistoryChapter 32: The Country Press: Historical ChallengesBeth GarfrerickChapter 33: Student Journalism History: Essential ReportingKaylene Dial ArmstrongChapter 34: Community Radio: Agents of ChangeNoah ArceneauxPart VIIIChanging Forms of Journalism HistoryChapter 35: A Call to Action: Newspaper Digitization and American Journalism HistoryJulien Gorbach Chapter 36: A Place for Media Historians to Publish: Journalism History and American JournalismPamela E. Walck and Pam ParryChapter 37: The Changing Story of the Life StoryMarilyn GreenwaldChapter 38: The Journalism History PodcastNicholas Hirshon, Ken Ward, and Teri FinnemanPart IX Theory, Concepts, and Historiography Chapter 39: Theory, Concepts, and Historiography: An Overview Tim P. VosChapter 40: Cultural and Critical Approaches to US Journalism HistoryJohn NeroneChapter 41: Journalism, History, and the Contorted Nature of MemoryJanice HumeChapter 42: Fake News, Truth, and DemocracyErika Pribanic-SmithChapter 43: Remaking Journalism History: Issues of Progress, Presence, and PositionCarolyn KitchConclusion Index