journalism

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• 7/31/2022
  

  Kathryn Olmsted's "Newspaper Axis" Shows Media Extremism Nothing New

  by Kathryn Smith

  FDR's success in promoting the New Deal and rallying Americans to the defense of Europe against fascism was a triumph over the nation's right-wing newspaper barons. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/26/2022
  

  The Racist Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was Exposed 50 Years Ago

  The study ran for 40 years, as nearly 400 Black men were diagnosed with syphilis but denied care so that scientists could study the progression of the disease, even after penicillin was available as an effective and safe treatment. 

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  7/25/2022
  

  How an AP Reporter Broke the Tuskegee Syphilis Story

  Fifty years ago, Jean Heller revealed the horrifying truth that the US government had been denying hundreds of Black men treatment so they could study the progress of the disease. 

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• 6/19/2022
  

  Watergate at 50: Did Kennedy Loyalists Squelch a 1968 "October Surprise" that Could Have Beaten Nixon?

  by James H. Barron

  Did Democratic party insiders bury the story of Richard Nixon receiving campaign funds from the Greek military junta because they disliked the Greek exile journalist who broke the news? 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/12/2022
  

  From Trust in Institutions to Partisan Polarization: The Legacy of Watergate at 50

  Garrett M. Graff calls the events set in motion by the 1972 burglary a dividing line in history that changed the political culture forever. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  6/4/2022
  

  The Debate Renews: Show Images Victims of Mass Killings in the Press?

  by Jelani Cobb

  Mamie Till's decision to place her son's open casket in the national media shone a light on Jim Crow atrocities, but it's unclear that showing the victims of gun massacres – even children – is making any difference. Photos of hundreds of lynching victims only encouraged their killers.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/6/2022
  

  Publicizing Pictures of Dead Children Will Backfire on Gun Control Advocates

  by John Temple

  "Maybe one day some editors will have a picture of a dead child even more powerful than the one we published that will finally make a difference."

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• SOURCE: Politico
  5/23/2022
  

  Why are Historians at War with the New York Times?

  Politico's media columnist argues that the paper's outsize role in the culture is driving the anger of historians whose uncredited work was foundational to the paper's recent series on Haiti's debt payments to France. 

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• SOURCE: The Racket
  5/24/2022
  

  What's New and Not in the NYT Haiti Blockbuster

  by Jonathan M. Katz

  What can be taken away from the battle erupting between journalists and historians over the Times's blockbuster news event on Haiti's post-independence forced ransom? 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/20/2022
  

  Nicole Hemmer Reviews Martin and Burns's "This Will Not Pass"

  by Nicole Hemmer

  The book by two political reporters portrays the dire contrast between a Republican Party willing to do anything to hold power between November 2020 and January 2021 and a Democratic Party enmeshed in business-as-usual. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  4/20/2022
  

  Journalists and Academics: Stop Fighting!

  by Maggie Doherty

  How can academics and journalists better understand the relationship between their two camps? 

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• SOURCE: London Review of Books
  4/7/2022
  

  Is the British Legal System Finally Ready for Justice for the True Perpetrators of an IRA Bombing?

  Journalist Chris Mullin discusses the saga of wrongful conviction, eventual exoneration, and delayed justice for the victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, and argues he is being scapegoated for the whole mess because he won't identify a source who was involved.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/28/2022
  

  "Mrs. Frank Leslie" Grew a Media Empire and Bankrolled the Women's Movement

  Betsy Prioleau's book details the scandalous life and political impact of Mrs. Frank Leslie, who legally changed her name to that of her late husband and built a publishing empire. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  3/14/2022
  

  How Four Interwar American Journalists Saw the Rise of European Totalitarianism

  by Karin Wulf

  Deborah Cohen's new book looks to the stories of four American journalists to understand what the world saw clearly about the rise of Hitler and Stalin and what they missed. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/9/2022
  

  How Journalists Decide What War Photos are Too Awful to Publish

  The publication of war photos has long involved a balance between public information, respect for the dignity of the dead, and the politic of information in wartime. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/25/2022
  

  War as a Spectator Event

  by Nicole Hemmer

  It's necessary to consider the ethics and morality of consuming warfare as a spectator event, and to temper emotional reactions spurred by images of suffering with understanding of their context. 

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• SOURCE: Baltimore Sun
  2/18/2022
  

  Baltimore Sun: "Deeply and Profoundly Sorry" for Advocacy of White Supremacy

  From its sympathies for slavery and the Confederate cause to support for disenfranchisment and coverage of crime that has given the views of the police priority over the voices of the city's Black communities, the newspaper acknowleges its role in inequality. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  2/17/2022
  

  The Black Press is a Model for How to Cover Racism in the News

  by Olivia Paschal

  The mainstream press worked to obscure the nature and extent of racist violence in the early 20th century; Black journalists and Black-owned newspapers did the essential work of preserving the truth and explaining the context of white supremacist terrorism. 

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• 2/20/2022
  

  Why the Short and Rebellious Life of Stephen Crane Still Matters

  by Linda H. Davis

  Though he quickly became a model of literary celebrity of the sort we would recognize today, Stephen Crane's more crucial legacy is of the pursuit of truth without regard to consequence.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  1/28/2022
  

  The Four Secrets to Success for "Gonzo Journalism"

  by Peter Richardson

  Hunter S. Thompson's emergence as a major media figure came from the convergence of the souring of John F. Kennedy-style liberalism and collaborations with fellows like illustrator Ralph Steadman who launched HST's interpretive and visceral style as a critique of the Nixon years.