Journalism 1908

by Winfield, Betty Houchin

• ISBN13: 9780826218131
• ISBN10: 082621813X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr

Summary

The year 1908 was not remarkable by most accounts, but it was an auspicious year for journalism. As newspapers sought to recover from big-city yellow journalism and circulation wars that reached their boiling point a few years earlier during the Spanish-American War, press clubs began to champion higher education. And schools dedicated to journalism education, led by the University of Missouri, began to emerge. Now sanctioned by universities, journalism could teach acceptable behavior and establish credentials. It was nothing less than the birth of a profession.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Emerging Professionalism and Modernity	p. 1
The Scene in 1908	p. 15
1908: A Very Political Year for the Press	p. 17
From Whiskey Ads to the Reverend Jellyfish: Media Law in 1908	p. 32
Modernization: Journalism Comes of Age	p. 51
Community Journalism: A Continuous Objective	p. 53
Press Clubs Champion Journalism Education	p. 65
Philosophy at Work: Ideas Made a Difference	p. 82
Institutional Rumblings and Change	p. 101
Power, Irony, and Contradictions: Education and the News Business	p. 105
The Age of "Glory and Risk": The Advertising Industry Finds Its Worth	p. 128
Journalism's Extended Family	p. 145
Work in Progress: Labor and the Press in 1908	p. 147
Good Women and Bad Girls: Women and Journalism in 1908	p. 162
General Assignment Plus	p. 181
Sports Journalism and the New American Character of Energy and Leisure	p. 185
Enter, Stage Right: Critics Flex Their Muscles in the Heyday of Live Performances	p. 200
1908: The Beginnings of Globalization in Journalism Education	p. 216
The Look of 1908: Newspaper Design's Status at a Turning Point in Journalism Education	p. 231
Journalism's Concurrent Voices	p. 261
Reform, Consume: Social Tumult on the Pages of Progressive Era Magazines	p. 265
Foreign Voices Yearning to Breathe Free: The Early Twentieth-Century Immigrant Press in the United States	p. 283
Forced to the Margins: The Early Twentieth-Century African American Press	p. 303
Conclusion. 1908: The Aftermath	p. 317
About the Contributors	p. 333
Index	p. 337
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