History of Journalism Dr. Leslie Parr Spring 2017 Office Hours: MW 1:30-3:30; CMMN A450-001 T TH 2-3:30 MW 3:30-4:45, 305 CM Office: 306 CM [email protected] Ext. 3649

Description: This course explores the development of journalism in the context of the social, political and cultural history of the United States. We will analyze the role media have played during critical moments in ’s history and the contributions made by notable from the American Revolution to the recent past.

Texts: Rodger Streitmatter, Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History, 4th ed., ISBN 978081334977-0, new $40, used $30, rent used $17.60

Bob Edwards, Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism, ISBN: 0471477532, new $19.95, used $15.00, rent used $8.78

Elliot King and Jane L. Chapman, ed, Key Readings in Journalism, ISBN: 9780415880282, new $69.95, used $52.5, rent used $30.78

Judith and William Serrin (ed.), Muckraking: The Journalism That Changed America ISBN 1-56584-681-8, new $25.00, used $18.75, rent used $11.00

All texts will be available on reserve in the Loyola library.

Values and Competencies: In accordance with ACEJMC accreditation values and competencies, upon completion of this course, students should be able to: -- demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping communications -- demonstrate an understanding of the gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and, as appropriate, other forms of diversity on domestic society in relation to mass communications -- conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communications professions in which they work -- critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness -- think critically, creatively and independently -- write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the

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Assignments: You are expected to have read assignments thoroughly before class and participate in class discussions.

Book test: Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism

Oral report: You will present a 10-minute talk on the work of a major . You cannot read your report. You are expected to have thoroughly mastered the material you present to the class and deliver the talk in an engaging and professional manner. You will need to hand in an outline of your talk and a complete list of references on the day of your presentation.

We will discuss the details of these assignments in class.

On Jan. 18 you will choose the journalist for your report. Come to class with your first three choices.

The course syllabus is subject to change during the semester.

Tests and quizzes: Both the midterm and the final will consist primarily of essay questions. You must take the tests on the assigned dates. I will not give make-ups, barring exceptional circumstances.

You can also expect announced and unannounced quizzes on the reading assignments. No make-ups.

Classroom decorum: Students are expected to come to class on time. Cell phones and laptop computers must be put away during class. Do not bring food to class. Do not leave the room until the class is over. Take care of any needs you may have before class begins. If you must leave, please do not interrupt the class by returning.

Blackboard and emergencies: The Blackboard system can be accessed online at http://loyno.blackboard.com. In the event of an evacuation, you will be required to check the system for announcements and responsible for all assignments posted therein. LoyMail: You should check your account daily for possible course updates or announcements

• At times, ordinary university operations are interrupted as a result of tropical storms, hurricanes, or other emergencies that require evacuation or suspension of on-campus activities. To prepare for such emergencies, all students will do the

2 following during the first week of classes: 1. Practice signing on for each course through Blackboard. 2. Provide regular and alternative e-mail address and phone contact information to each instructor. • In the event of an interruption to our course due to the result of an emergency requiring an evacuation or suspension of campus activities, students will: 3. Pack textbooks, assignments, syllabi and any other needed materials for each course ad bring during an evacuation/suspension 4. Keep up with course work during the evacuation/suspension as specified on course syllabi and on-line Blackboard courses. 5. Complete any reading and/or writing assignments given by professors before emergency began. Assuming a power source is available.... 6. Log on to university Web site within 48 hours of an evacuation/suspension. 7. Monitor the main university site (www.loyno.edu) for general information. 8. Log on to each course through Blackboard or e-mail within 48 hours of an evacuation/suspension to receive further information regarding contacting course instructors for assignments, etc. 9. Complete Blackboard and/or other online assignments posted by professors (students are required to turn in assignments on time during the evacuation/suspension period and once the university campus has reopened.) 10. Contact professors during an evacuation/suspension (or as soon as classes resume on campus) to explain any emergency circumstances that may have prevented them from completing expected work. Further information about student responsibilities in emergencies is available on the Academic Affairs web site: http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/students- emergency-responsibilities

Disability Services: If you have a disability that qualifies for accommodations, you should go to Disability Services in the Student Success Center, Room 112, Marquette Hall. If you need test accommodations (e.g. extended time), you need to let me know well in advance of a scheduled test and give me an official Accommodation Form.

Integrity of Scholarship: You must do all of your own research and writing. Read “ Academic Honesty and Plagarism” in the online Loyola Undergraduate Bulletin: http://2016bulletin.loyno.edu/academic-regulations/academic-honesty-and- plagiarism. A violation will result in a failing grade for the course.

Grades: Midterm -25% Final - 25% Oral report -15% Book test – 20% Quizzes - 15%

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Grade scale: A 95-100, A- 90-94 (for exceptional work) B+ 88-89, B 85-87, B- 80-84 (for good work) C+78-79, C 74-77, C- 70-73 (for average work) D+ 68-69, D 64-67-69, D- 60-63 (for less than average work) F = below 60 (for inadequate work)

Attendance Policy: You are expected to attend all classes. I will excuse two absences. After that, I will deduct one point from your final grade for each class missed. Any student who misses 20% of all classes may receive an F. I expect you to come to class on time.

If you are marked absent because of tardiness, you must tell me at the end of that class so I can make the correction. That is the only time you can expect to have an absence erased from your record.

If you miss a class, you need to get notes and information about the class from a classmate.

Course Outline with due dates

Topic 1: The American Revolution

Jan. 9 -- Introduction

Jan. 11 -- Streitmatter, Ch. 1, Sowing the Seeds of Revolution

Serrin:

--The John Peter Zenger case: The Truth Shall Make You Free, New York Weekly Journal, Aug. 18, 1735, pp. 305-306.

---The Newport (Virginia) Mercury publishes the Virginia resolves and sets America on the course to independence,” pp. 97-99.

--Isaiah Thomas Reports the Battles at Lexington and Concord, and the American Revolution Begins, Massachusetts Spy, May 3, 1775, pp. 261-264.

--“Sunshine Soldiers and Summer Patriots”: Thomas Paine Helps Form a Nation, Jan. 10, 1776. “American Crisis” by Thomas Paine, pp. 264-269.

4 Topic 2: A Press for the Masses

Jan. 18 – King, Michael Schudson, “Discovering the News”

“American Newspapers, 1800-1860: City Newspapers” http://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/guides/newspapers/american/1800- 1860/city.html

Serrin: The First Penny Paper: The New York Sun Announces a Paper for all New Yorkers, 1833, pp 306-307

James Gordon Bennett Talks to a Madam, 1836, pp. 307-309

Journalist choice due

Topic 3: Abolition

Jan. 23– Streitmatter, Ch 2, Turning America Against the Sins of Slavery

Serrin: --William Lloyd Garrison Announces Publication of Abolitionist Paper and Says “I Will Be Heard,” The Liberator, 1831, pp. 173-174.

--Illinois Editor Elijah Lovejoy Attacks Slavery and is Shot to Death, pp. 175-176. 4

--The Most Respected Black Man in America Demands that Slavery Must End and Says Blacks Must Serve in Union Army, June 2, 1854, October 1862, April 1863, pp. 177-179.

Topic 4: Women’s Suffrage

Jan. 25 -- oral report: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Streitmatter, Ch 3, Slowing the Momentum for Women’s Rights

The Revolution, http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-revolution/

Serrin:

A Meeting is Called and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Begins, 1848, pp. 83-84.

Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s The Revolution Saves a Woman, pp. 85-86.

5 Topic 5: The Power of the Image

Jan. 30 -- oral report: Alexander Gardner

A Civil War Sketch Artist: Alfred Waugh: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm041.html

Mathew Brady: Photographer http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/mathew-brady.html

Feb. 1 -- Streitmatter, Ch 4, Attacking Municipal Corruption: The Tweed Ring

Thomas Nast: http://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_albums/thomasnast/bio.htm

Feb. 6 -- Jacob Riis http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/riis/reporter.html

Jacob Riis photographs: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/images/riisphotos/slidesho w1.html

Topic 6: Yellow (and other) Journalism

Feb. 8 --Streitmatter, Ch 5: Pushing America Toward an International War

King, “ James McGrath Morris: Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power”

“The Yellow Kid on the Paper Stage”: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma04/wood/ykid/yellowkid.htm

Feb. 13 -- Serrin: --Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Attacks the Swill Milk That Was Killing NewYork Children, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, May 8, 1858, pp. 47-50.

--The San Francisco Examiner Has a Reporter Jump Overboard to Bring Harbor Ferry Safety. San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 2, 1888. pp. 50-52.

--Nellie Bly Spends Ten Harrowing Days in a Madhouse, New York World, Oct 6, 1887, pp. 142-146.

6 Topic 7: Muckraking

Feb. 15 – Streitmatter, Ch 6, Achieving Reform by Muckraking

King, Upton Sinclair, “The Brass Check”

Serrin: -- Lincoln Steffans Exposes the Shame of a City, McClure’s, Jan 1903, pp. 146- 150.

--Muckraker Ida M. Tarbell Takes on John D Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company. McClure’s, 1904, pp.151- 154.

Feb. 20 -- Serrin:--McClure’s Magazine Tells How Young Women are Turned to Prostitution, McClure’s, Nov. 1909, pp. 7-9.

--A Muckraking Magazine Reveals the Truth Behind Patent Medicines, Collier’s, Nov. 4, 1905, pp. 309-315.

--Muckraker David Graham Phillips Tells How the U.S. Senate Has Been Bought by the Monied Interests. Cosmopolitan, March 1906. pp. 105-109.

-- Takes Up Margaret Sanger’s Crusade for Birth Control, New Republic, March 6, 1915, pp 86-89

--William G Shepherd of the United Press Describes the Horrors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, United Press, May 27, 1911, pp. 29-31.

Feb. 22: MIDTERM

March 6 -– Child Labor in America, 1908-1912: Photographs of Lewis W. Hine: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/about.htm

Hine photographs: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html

Serrin: --Edwin Markham Writes of the Horrors of Child Labor, Cosmopolitan, Sept. 1906, pp. 4-6

Topic 8: The Power of the Media

March 8 --Streitmatter, Ch 7: Defying the

King, Ida Wells-Barnett, “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases”

7 Serrin: -- A Report on a Race Riot in Illinois Brings Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,” , Sept. 1908, pp. 182-183.

--Condemning the “Rope and Faggot” of the South, the Defender Helps Create the Great Migration,” Chicago Defender, Oct. 7, 1916, pp 185-188.

--The New York World Unveils the New Ku Klux Klan. New York World, Sept 6, 1921, pp. 188-191.

March 13 – oral report: Walter Winchell

Streitmatter, Ch 8: Spreading Anti-Semitism on the Radio

Smithsonian Magazine: “Radio Activity: The 100th Anniversary of Public Broadcasting” http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/radio-activity-the-100th-anniversary-of- public-broadcasting-6555594/

FDR’s Fireside Chat on Banking: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/mediaplay.php?id=14540&admin=32

Topic 9: The

March 15 – oral report: Gordon Parks

Farm Security Administration: Documenting America: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/documentingamerica.html

Farm Security Administration: video: “About the FSA Collection” http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5541

Serrin: --John Steinbeck Introduces America to the Plight of Migrants. San Francisco News, Oct. 1936, pp. 9-12.

March 20 – oral report- Henry Luce

King, Vicki Goldberg, “Margaret Bourke-White: A Biography”

Slate, David Plotz, “The Greatest Magazine Ever Published,” http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2013/12/life_magazine_1945_why_it_ was_the_greatest_magazine_ever_published.html

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Topic 10: Covering War: Homefront, Battlefront

March 22 -- Oral report:

Streitmatter: Ch 9,” Using ‘Rosie the Riveter’: To Propel the Woman into the Workforce”

Margaret Bourke-White, Life magazine: “Women of Steel” http://time.com/3623449/women-of-steel-life-with-female-factory-workers-in- world-war-ii/

King, Pat Washburn, “The African American Newspaper”

March 27 -- Oral report: Lee Miller

Reporting the War: Ernie Pyle http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/pyle/

Ernie Pyle, “The Death of Captain Waskow http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/pyle/waskow.html

“The Magnificent Eleven: The D-Day Photographs of ” http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html

King, , “The Face of War”

Topic 11: Broadcast News

March 29 - Book test: Bob Edwards, Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism

Topic 12: The Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement

April 3 -- Streitmatter, Ch 11, Pushing Civil Rights Onto the National Agenda

King, Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, “The Race Beat”

April 5 - oral report - Ernest Withers

CNN, 'Unparalleled': Charles Moore's photos of the civil rights movement http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/03/us/cnnphotos-selma-civil-rights-moore/

9 Huffington Post, “Stunning Photos Showcase The Bravery Of The Civil Rights Movement 50 Years Later” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/20/bob-adelman_n_4619030.html

April 19 – Oral report: Betty Friedan

The first issue of Ms: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feministtexts/tp/ms_magazine_first_issue.ht m

King, Nan Robertson, “The Girls in the Balcony”

Serrin: --Betty Friedan Writes of Limited Roles for Women and Begins a Revolution. The Feminine Mystique, 1963, pp. 89-92.

--A New Kind of Women’s Magazine Brings the Karen Silkwood Story to the Public, Ms, April 1975, pp. 92-96.

Topic 13:

April 24 -- oral report:

Streitmatter, Ch. 12, Bringing the Into the American Living Room

King, Katherine Graham, “Personal History”

Serrin: -- Publishes the Pentagon Papers and Explains a War, “Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces 3 Decades of Growing U.S. Involvement,” by , New York Times, June 13, 1971, pp. 296-30

April 26 -- oral report:

King, M. Phillip Knightley, “The First Casualty”

Liam Kennedy, “ and the Vietnam War” http://www.ucd.ie/photoconflict/histories/vietnamwarphotojournalism/

Ron Steinman, “Inside Television’s First War,” The Digital Journalist: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0304/rsteinman.html

Serrin -- and the Dispatch News Service Reveal the Killings at My Lai and Another Tragedy of the Vietnam War. “Officer Accused of 109 Deaths,” by Seymour Hersh. Dispatch News Service, Nov. 3, 1969, pp. 294-296.

10 April 27: Portfolio Review, 5:30 pm.

Topic 14: Watergate

May 1 – Oral Report, Ben Bradlee

Streitmatter, Ch. 13, “Exposing Criminal Activity in Richard Nixon’s ”

King, and , “All the President’s Men”

The Washington Post: “Woodward and Bernstein, 40 Years After Watergate, Nixon Was Far Worse Than We Thought” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/woodward-and-bernstein-40-years- after-watergate-nixon-was-far-worse-than-we- thought/2012/06/08/gJQAlsi0NV_story.html?utm_term=.d788b2c9c12c

Topic 15-The Media and Gay and Lesbian Rights

May 3- Streitmatter, Ch 16, “Supporting Gay and Lesbian Rights”

FINAL: Wed., May 10, 2-4:00

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