Journalism, 1908 : birth of a profession / edited by Betty Houchin Winfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winfield, Betty Houchin, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--United States--History--20th century.

Journalism.

Journalism--Study and teaching (Higher).

History.

United States.

Journalism--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]

Summary:

"A team of media scholars with personal ties to the University of Missouri's School of Journalism explore the state of news organizations in 1908, the year in which the first university-based school of journalism was founded, and illustrate the profound impact journalism education has had on the news media"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Emerging Professionalism and Modernity / Betty Houchin Winfield 1

Part I The Scene in 1908 15

Chapter 1 1908: A Very Political Year for the Press / Betty Houchin Winfield 17

Chapter 2 From Whiskey Ads to the Reverend Jellyfish: Media Law in 1908 / Sandra Davidson 32

Part II Modernization: Journalism Comes of Age 51

Chapter 3 Community Journalism: A Continuous Objective / William Howard Taft 53

Chapter 4 Press Clubs Champion Journalism Education / Stephen Banning 65

Chapter 5 Philosophy at Work: Ideas Made a Difference / Hans Ibold, Lee Wilkins 82

Part III Institutional Rumblings and Change 101

Chapter 6 Power, Irony, and Contradictions: Education and the News Business / Fred Blevens 105

Chapter 7 The Age of "Glory and Risk": The Advertising Industry Finds Its Worth / Caryl Cooper 128

Part IV Journalism's Extended Family 145

Chapter 8 Work in Progress: Labor and the Press in 1908 / Bonnie Brennen 147

Chapter 9 Good Women and Bad Girls: Women and Journalism in 1908 / Maurine H. Beasley 162

Part V General Assignment Plus 181

Chapter 10 Sports Journalism and the New American Character of Energy and Leisure / Tracy Everbach 185

Chapter 11 Enter, Stage Right: Critics Flex Their Muscles in the Heyday of Live Performances / Scott Fosdick 200

Chapter 12 1908: The Beginnings of Globalization in Journalism Education / John C. Merrill, Hans Ibold 216

Chapter 13 The Look of 1908: Newspaper Design's Status at a Turning Point in Journalism Education / Lora England Wegman 231

Part VI Journalism's Concurrent Voices 261

Chapter 14 Reform, Consume: Social Tumult on the Pages of Progressive Era Magazines / Janice Hume 265

Chapter 15 Foreign Voices Yearning to Breathe Free: The Early Twentieth-Century Immigrant Press in the United States / Berkley Hudson 283

Chapter 16 Forced to the Margins: The Early Twentieth-Century African American Press / Earnest Perry, Aimee Edmondson 303

Conclusion. 1908: The Aftermath / Betty Houchin Winfield 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826218117

0826218113

9780826218131

082621813X

OCLC:

222250551