University of Missouri Press, 2021 Cloth: 978-0-8262-2232-9 | eISBN: 978-0-8262-7459-5 Library of Congress Classification PN4867.M335 2021 Dewey Decimal Classification 071.30904
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ABOUT THIS BOOK The story of the American newsroom is that of modern American journalism. In this holistic history, Will Mari tells that story from the 1920s through the 1960s, a time of great change and controversy in the field, one in which journalism was produced in “news factories” by news workers with dozens of different roles, and not just once a day, but hourly, using the latest technology and setting the stage for the emergence later in the century of the information economy. During this time, the newsroom was more than a physical place—it symbolically represented all that was good and bad in journalism, from the shift from blue- to white-collar work to the flexing of journalism’s power as a watchdog on government and an advocate for social reform. Told from an empathetic, omnivorous, ground-up point of view, The American Newsroom: A History, 1920–1960 uses memoirs, trade journals, textbooks, and archival material to show how the newsroom expanded our ideas of what journalism could and should be.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Will Mari is Assistant Professor of Media Law & History at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, and author of A Short History of Disruptive Journalism Technologies: 1960–1990. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
REVIEWS
“A rich and provocative exploration.”—John Nerone, University of Illinois, author of Violence against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History
“The breadth and depth of The American Newsroom reveals a world of hierarchies and rivalries that effectively illuminates our understanding of what many view as the 'golden age' of print journalism. The emphasis on the emergence and consolidation of occupational identities gives this book an appeal considerably beyond the academic world. Mari makes a strikingly original contribution to newsroom history and pushes forwards the boundaries of the discipline.”—Carole O’Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Salford, UK
“Will Mari offers a fascinating reappraisal of the newsroom, that long-mythologized space where journalism is made. He shows how the newsroom, far more than merely a place for news production, is also a concept, an idea, and a set of relationships, one that helped shape American journalism in the twentieth century and will have an enduring imprint on the future of news.”—Seth C. Lewis, University of Oregon, co-author of the forthcoming News After Trump
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Sources
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Newsroom
Chapter 2. Copy Boys and Girls and Photographers
Chapter 3. Rewrite Staff and Copy Editors
Chapter 4. Reporters and Their Junior Peers: Routines, Careers, and Status in the Newsroom
Chapter 5. Reporters and Their Senior Peers: The Myths and Realities of Upward Mobility
Chapter 6. Reporters and Their Bosses: Power Sharing in the Newsroom
Chapter 7. Technology and the Newsroom: Phones, Cars, and Radio
Chapter 8. Unionization in the Newsroom: Organizing and News Workers’ Quality of Life
Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Newsroom in American Journalism, 1920–1960
Appendix: Newsroom Salaries
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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University of Missouri Press, 2021 Cloth: 978-0-8262-2232-9 eISBN: 978-0-8262-7459-5
The story of the American newsroom is that of modern American journalism. In this holistic history, Will Mari tells that story from the 1920s through the 1960s, a time of great change and controversy in the field, one in which journalism was produced in “news factories” by news workers with dozens of different roles, and not just once a day, but hourly, using the latest technology and setting the stage for the emergence later in the century of the information economy. During this time, the newsroom was more than a physical place—it symbolically represented all that was good and bad in journalism, from the shift from blue- to white-collar work to the flexing of journalism’s power as a watchdog on government and an advocate for social reform. Told from an empathetic, omnivorous, ground-up point of view, The American Newsroom: A History, 1920–1960 uses memoirs, trade journals, textbooks, and archival material to show how the newsroom expanded our ideas of what journalism could and should be.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Will Mari is Assistant Professor of Media Law & History at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, and author of A Short History of Disruptive Journalism Technologies: 1960–1990. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
REVIEWS
“A rich and provocative exploration.”—John Nerone, University of Illinois, author of Violence against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History
“The breadth and depth of The American Newsroom reveals a world of hierarchies and rivalries that effectively illuminates our understanding of what many view as the 'golden age' of print journalism. The emphasis on the emergence and consolidation of occupational identities gives this book an appeal considerably beyond the academic world. Mari makes a strikingly original contribution to newsroom history and pushes forwards the boundaries of the discipline.”—Carole O’Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Salford, UK
“Will Mari offers a fascinating reappraisal of the newsroom, that long-mythologized space where journalism is made. He shows how the newsroom, far more than merely a place for news production, is also a concept, an idea, and a set of relationships, one that helped shape American journalism in the twentieth century and will have an enduring imprint on the future of news.”—Seth C. Lewis, University of Oregon, co-author of the forthcoming News After Trump
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Sources
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Newsroom
Chapter 2. Copy Boys and Girls and Photographers
Chapter 3. Rewrite Staff and Copy Editors
Chapter 4. Reporters and Their Junior Peers: Routines, Careers, and Status in the Newsroom
Chapter 5. Reporters and Their Senior Peers: The Myths and Realities of Upward Mobility
Chapter 6. Reporters and Their Bosses: Power Sharing in the Newsroom
Chapter 7. Technology and the Newsroom: Phones, Cars, and Radio
Chapter 8. Unionization in the Newsroom: Organizing and News Workers’ Quality of Life
Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Newsroom in American Journalism, 1920–1960
Appendix: Newsroom Salaries
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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