journalism

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• 7/28/19
  

  Reconsidering Journalist and Gay Activist Randy Shilts

  by Andrew E. Stoner

  The story of Shilts and the mixed legacy that remains a quarter century later has connecting points to our contemporary lives.

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• SOURCE: WSWS.org
  6/21/19
  

  The war on journalism is a war on the humanities

  by Monika Eisenhauer

  "The intention of historical science is to write the history of people and societies as objectively as possible. For this purpose it needs free and unrestricted access to the sources."

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• 6/23/19
  

  We Need A Long-Arc Historical Perspective to Understand White Supremacist Extremist Violence.

  by Eric V. Tait, Jr.

  Much like today, in the early 1980s, people of color and the gains of the civil rights movement were increasingly under attack and many Americans wanted to “turn back the clock to an earlier era.”

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/4/19
  

  In China, a Reuters Partner Blocks Articles on the Tiananmen Square Massacre

  China has made efforts to quash public mentions of the day when tanks and troops moved into the Beijing plaza and crushed student-led protests.

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• SOURCE: Reynolds Journalism Institute
  2/27/19
  

  What journalists miss when they ignore history

  by Kathryn Palmer

  Media historian Earnest Perry explains why journalists should put more history in the headlines. 

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/20/19
  

  The "Historovox" and the Bad Synergy Between Historians and Journalism

  by Corey Robin

  When academic knowledge is on tap for the media, the result is not a fusion of the best of academia and the best of journalism but the worst of both worlds. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  2/14/19
  

  "The North Star" Launches with Keisha N. Blain as Editor-in-Chief

  Through written content, podcasts, video broadcasts, and an app, the new North Star editorial team plans to explore issues of civil rights, human rights, and social justice in America and around the world.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/19/19
  

  ‘Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’: An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching

  “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we’d all been better off,” he told the paper, explaining, “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them.”

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• SOURCE: Columbia Journalism Review
  2/11/19
  

  A new journalism podcast looks to history to counter ‘objectivity’

  "For reporters from underrepresented communities—reporters of color, queer and transgender reporters, disabled reporters, poor reporters—taking a neutral stance on their own humanity isn’t an option."

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• 1/31/19
  

  Marie Colvin: an Amazing Woman Whose Life Was Cut Short Trying to Present Us with the Truth

  by James Thornton Harris

  In Extremis, Lindsey Hilsum's new biography of the journalist,  shows that underlying the glamor of celebrity and the adrenaline-rush of dodging gunfire was a committed humanitarian.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  12/31/18
  

  Journalist Jerry Mitchell Discusses Decades Investigating Civil Rights Era Killings

  NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jerry Mitchell of the Clarion Ledger about his 30-year career in investigative journalism, as well as his upcoming projects.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10-4-18
  

  Think journalism’s a tough field today?

  by Randall S. Sumpter

  Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age.

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• 9/30/18
  

  In This Dark Hour It’s Important to Remember that Good Journalism Has Triumphed Before

  by Marvin Kalb

  A veteran journalist recounts the times in modern history when journalists changed history.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-12-17
  

  No one should be surprised by journalism’s sexual harassment problem

  by Kathryn J. McGarr

  Women in the industry have long been treated as second-class citizens.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-11-17
  

  The New York Times journalist who secretly led the charge against liberal media bias

  by Sid Bedingfield

  The untold story of the double agent who attacked the paper from within.

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• 4-9-16
  

  Could the Hulk Hogan Case Change Journalism?

  by Samantha Barbas

  The Hogan lawsuit could be the beginning of something big.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  7-6-15
  

  Frederick Law Olmsted’s indictment of journalism 150 years ago is as fresh as ever

  by Richard Kreitner

  A founder of The Nation, he wanted the magazine to bring depth to public debates.

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• SOURCE: ProPublica
  3-17-15
  

  Antebellum Data Journalism: Or, How Big Data Busted Abe Lincoln

  by Scott Klein

  The real history of data journalism pre-dates newspapers, and traces the history of news itself.

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• 12-28-14
  

  The Battle between Journalism and Fiction: Doug Underwood on Genre Bending Journalists and Literary History (Interview)

  by Robin Lindley

  Prof. Underwood stresses the "competition" between "new" or "literary" journalists and contemporary novelists for the hearts of the lovers of realistic literature.

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• 12-30-13
  

  Review of Robert Miraldi's "Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist"

  by Murray Polner

  Seymour Hersh remains the true giant of investigative journalism.