American Journalism, Volume 25, Issue 1 (2008)

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Errata

Correction
Errata
Page: i
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Editorials

Editorial
Editor's Note
Jim Martin
Pages: 5-6
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Original Articles

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A Woman's Place: Defiance and Obedience—Newspaper Stories about Women during the Trial of John Brown
Brian Gabrial
Pages: 7-29
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Journalism and the Perfect Heat Wave: Assessing the Reportage of North America's Worst Heat Wave, July-August 1936
Phillip J. Hutchison
Pages: 31-54
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Framing Two Enemies in Mass Media: A Content Analysis of U.S. Government Influence in American Film during World War II
Thomas B. Christie & Andrew M. Clark
Pages: 55-72
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Two Tales of One City: How Cultural Perspective Influenced the Framing of a Pre-Civil Rights Story in Dallas
Camille Kraeplin
Pages: 73-97
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Breaking the Copper Collar: Press Freedom, Professionalization and the History of Montana Journalism
John T. McNay
Pages: 99-123
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American Journalism Historians Association Oral History Project An Interview with Wm. David Sloan New Orleans, August 6,1999 Conducted by Ford Risley Edited by Reed Smith
Pages: 125-135
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press by Edward Alwood Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007, 201 pp. Reviewed by Mark K. Dolan University of Mississippi
Pages: 137-138
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Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance: The News Media and Michael Newdow 's Constitutional Challenge by Ronald Bishop Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2007,202 pp. Reviewed by Pamela A. Brown Rider University
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 139-141
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Sports Journalism: Context and Issues by Raymond Boyle Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006, 211 pp. Reviewed by David W. Bulla Iowa State University
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 142-144
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Desperately Seeking Women Readers: U.S. Newspapers and the Construction of a Female Readership by Dustin Harp Lanham Lexington Books, 2007,125 pp. Reviewed by Sandra L. Braun University of Alabama
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 145-146
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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A Religious Orgy in Tennessee: A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial by H.L. Mencken Introduction by Art Winslow Hoboken, NJ: Melville House Publishing, 2006, 206 pp. Reviewed by Edward Caudill University of Tennessee
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 147-148
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Gin before Breakfast: The Dilemma of the Poet in the Newsroom by W. Dale Nelson Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007, 242 pp. Reviewed by Phyllis Alsdurf Bethel University
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 149-151
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Book Review
“Something on My Own”: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929–1956 by Glenn D. Smith Jr. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007, 293 pp. Reviewed by Krysti J. Carlson Wichita State University
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 152-153
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush by Richard T. Stillson Lincoln, Neb.; University of Nebraska Press, 2006, 274 pp. Reviewed by Dave Cassady Pacific University
Pages: 154-155
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Original Articles

Article
“A Dozen Best”
Public Relations History
Margot Opdycke Lamme
Pages: 156-163
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Miscellany

—Presidential Address
Frederick R. Blevens
Pages: 164-167
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