American Journalism, Volume 31, Issue 2 (2014)

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EDITORIAL

Editorial
Editor's Note
Barbara Friedman
Pages: 161-165
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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ARTICLES

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Arthur D. Morse, School Desegregation, and the Making of CBS News, 1955–1964
Jeffrey L. Littlejohn & Charles H. Ford
Pages: 166-185
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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Partisanship in the Antislavery Press during the 1844 Run of an Abolition Candidate for President
Erika Pribanic-Smith
Pages: 186-212
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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Weighing the Costs: The Scripps-McRae League Reports the War in Cuba
Michael S. Sweeney, Paul Jacoway & Young Joon Lim
Pages: 213-235
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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Anonymous Sources: A Historical Review of the Norms Surrounding Their Use
Matt J. Duffy
Pages: 236-261
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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E. L. Godkin's Criticism of the Penny Press: Antecedents to a Legal Right to Privacy
Erin K. Coyle
Pages: 262-282
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
Savage Portrayals: Race, Media, & the Central Park Jogger Story
By Natalie P. Byfield. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014, 242 pp.
James West
Pages: 283-285
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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James J. Kilpatrick: Salesman for Segregation
By William P. Hustwit. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013, 310 pp.
Cynthia R. Greenlee
Pages: 286-288
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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Sylvia Porter: America's Original Personal Finance Columnist
By Tracy Lucht. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2013, 230 pp.
Kimberly Wilmot Voss
Pages: 289-290
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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The Battle over Marriage: Gay Rights Activism through the Media
By Leigh Moscowitz. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013, 184 pp.
Edward Alwood
Pages: 291-292
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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Shooting Arrows & Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press, and the Little Bighorn
By James E. Mueller. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013, 260 pp.
John M. Coward
Pages: 293-295
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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The Undeclared War between Journalism and Fiction: Journalists as Genre Benders in Literary History
By Doug Underwood. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, 260 pp.
Jan Whitt
Pages: 296-298
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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DIGITAL MEDIA REVIEWS

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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music, and Wayback Machine/The Internet Archive Companion
This nonprofit website was established in 1996 in San Francisco by Brewster Kahle, digital librarian, https://archive.org/. Reviewed December 2013 The Internet Archive Companion: The mobile application for the Internet Archive, developed by Hunter L. Brown, can be used to view the archival holdings through the iPhone and iPad. The app is available as a free download through iTunes. Reviewed December 2013
Terry Lueck
Pages: 299-301
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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The Vietnam Center and Archive
Developed and maintained by Texas Tech University, http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/. Reviewed March 2014
Jon Marshall
Pages: 302-304
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center/The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center was created in 1963 as Special Collections and renamed forty years later in honor of its founder. The Center specializes in contemporary historical figures, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but also holds material dating back to the sixteenth century. As part of the Center, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Archive holds material related to King's life and career, the scope of which dates from 1947–1963, www.bu.edu/dbin/mlkjr/. The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change is a nonprofit archive and memorial site established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King. Located on Atlanta's historic Auburn Avenue, archival material housed at the Center is managed by Intellectual Properties Management, the exclusive licensor for the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Inc., www.thekingcenter.org/archive. Reviewed March 2014
Donna Lampkin Stephens
Pages: 305-306
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
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