American Journalism, Volume 31, Issue 4 (2014)

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American Journalism, Volume 31, Issue 4 (2014)

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EDITORIAL

Editorial
Editor's Note
Barbara Friedman
Pages: 429-431
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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ESSAY

Why Journalism History Matters: The Gaffe, the “Stuff,” and the Historical Imagination
Andie Tucher
Pages: 432-444
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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ARTICLES

Article
The Origins of Television's “Anchor Man”: Cronkite, Swayze, and Journalism Boundary Work
Mike Conway
Pages: 445-467
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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“Across the Continent … and Still the Republic!” Inscribing Nationhood in Samuel Bowles's Newspaper Letters of 1865
Katrina J. Quinn
Pages: 468-489
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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New Views of Investigative Reporting in the Twentieth Century
Gerry Lanosga
Pages: 490-506
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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“Unlimited American Power”: How Four California Newspapers Covered Chinese Labor and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad, 1865–1869
Herman B. Chiu & Andrew Taylor Kirk
Pages: 507-524
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet against Democracy/The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
By Robert W. McChesney. New York: New Press, 2013, 299 pp./By Stephen Kinzer. New York: Times Books, 2013, 402 pp.
Tom Mascaro
Pages: 525-528
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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Intelligently Designed: How Creationists Built the Campaign against Evolution
By Edward Caudill. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013, 216 pp.
Michael Fuhlhage
Pages: 529-531
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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Tobacco Goes to College: Cigarette Advertising in Student Media, 1920–1980
By Elizabeth Crisp Crawford. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014, 229 pp.
Stephen Siff
Pages: 532-533
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles
By James C. Goodale. New York: CUNY Journalism Press, 2013, 260 pp.
Mark Feldstein
Pages: 534-536
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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Popular Media and the American Revolution: Shaping Collective Memory
By Janice Hume. New York: Routledge, 2014, 148 pp.
Gael L. Cooper
Pages: 537-538
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community
By Kimberly Wilmot Voss. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, 243 pp.
Tamara Baldwin
Pages: 539-541
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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DIGITAL MEDIA REVIEWS

Review Article
Black Press Research Collective (BPRC)
The Black Press Research Collective, founded by Dr. Kim Gallon, an assistant professor of history at Purdue University, is maintained by Gallon and other members of the Collective, an interdisciplinary group of scholars at various US universities, and BPRC Fellows at Muhlenberg College. The BPRC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, which allows for the free copy and limited noncommercial redistribution of the site material, http://blackpressresearchcollective.org/. Reviewed September 2014
Bernell E. Tripp
Pages: 542-543
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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Massachusetts Historical Society Digital Archives
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) was founded in 1791 and is the nation's first historical society. Its independent research library is an American treasure in its own right, filled with millions of documents and artifacts accessible both to scholars and regular citizens alike without discrimination and without charge, http://www.masshist.org/collections/online. Reviewed September 2014
Thomas C. Terry
Pages: 544-545
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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Review Article
Side by Side: Can Film Survive Our Digital Future?
Directed by Chris Kenneally. Produced by Keanu Reeves and Justin Szlasa. Distributed by Tribeca Films in partnership with American Express, 2012, 99 minutes, www.sidebysidethemovie.com. Reviewed September 2014
Ginger E. Blackstone
Pages: 546-547
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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University of Southern California Digital Library
Developed and maintained by the staff of the USC Libraries, http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/. Reviewed September 2014
Will Mari
Pages: 548-549
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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ESSAY

Wallowing in Watergate: Historiography, Methodology, and Mythology in Journalism's Celebrated Moment
Mark Feldstein
Pages: 550-570
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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THANKS TO REVIEWERS

Thanks to Reviewers
Pages: 571-572
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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MISCELLANY

End-of-Volume Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 03 Dec 2014
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