American Journalism, Volume 26, Issue 1 (2009)

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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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Ebony's Era Bell Thompson Travels the World to Tell the Story
Jinx Coleman Broussard & Skye Chance Cooley
Pages: 7-30
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Death and Communists: The Funeral Industry's Attack on Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death
Sharon Crook West & Joseph P. McKerns
Pages: 31-53
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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In Their Own Voices: Women Redefine and Frame Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Kathleen Endres
Pages: 55-80
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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The Long and Strong Tradition of State Protection of Freedom of the Press
Joe Mathewson J.D.
Pages: 81-112
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Book Reviews

Book Review
First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives by Lisa M. Burns DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008,205 pp. Reviewed by Barbara Friedman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pages: 115-117
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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CBS's Don Hollenbeck: An Honest Reporter in the Age of McCarthyism by Loren Ghiglione New York: Columbia University Press, 2008,352 pp. Reviewed by Edward Alwood Quinnipiac University
Pages: 118-120
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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NBC: America's Network Edited by Michele Hilmes Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007,362 pp. Reviewed by Glenn “Pete” Smith Mississippi State University
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 121-122
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Science on the Air: Popularizers and Personalities on Radio and Early Television by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2008, 314 pp. Reviewed by Steven Phipps Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 123-124
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Book Review
The Making of FDR: The Story of Stephen T. Early, America's First Modern Press Secretary by Linda Lotridge Levin New York: Prometheus Books, 2008, 538 pp. Reviewed by Betty Houchin Winfield University of Missouri
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 125-127
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution Edited and with an Introduction by Jonah Raskin Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008,285 pp. Reviewed by Linda Lumsden University of Arizona
Dolores Flamiano
Pages: 128-129
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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A Living Lens: Photography of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward Edited by Alana Newhouse New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2008,352 pp. Reviewed by Harvey J. Strum Sage College of Albany
Pages: 130-131
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Essays: Second Looks and New Approaches

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Travels with Herodotus: Musings on Being a Historian
E. M. Palmegiano
Pages: 134-137
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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To Privilege the Visual: An Alternative Approach to Media History by Berkley Hudson University of Missouri
Pages: 138-140
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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The Historiography of Journalism History: Part 1: “An Overview” By Chris Daly Boston University
Pages: 141-147
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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The Historiography of Journalism History: Part 2: “Toward a New Theory” By Chris Daly Boston University
Pages: 148-155
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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The State of Public Relations History
Margot Opdycke Lamme, Jacquie L'etang & Burton St. John III
Pages: 156-159
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Stirred, Not Yet Shaken: Integrating Women's History into Media History
Barbara Friedman, Carolyn Kitch, Therese Lueck, Amber Roessner & Betty Winfield
Pages: 160-174
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Toward a Definition of Journalism History by Ross F. Collins North Dakota State University
Pages: 175-176
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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“A Dozen Overrated?”

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Twelve books not as good as their reputations
W. Joseph Campbell
Pages: 177-183
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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Original Articles

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Presidential Address
Tamara K. Baldwin
Pages: 184-188
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
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