Vietnam War, the media and President Johnson

Here is a link to images and an analysis of the Vietnam War, the media and President Johnson.

Pentagon Papers

Fred Friendly

Morley Safer

Dickey Chapelle

Photojournalist Dickey Chapelle (1919-1965) became one of the first female war correspondents, covering World War II, the Korean conflict and Vietnam Here is more about her life.



On the morning of November 4, 1965, Chapelle was killed by a land mine while on patrol with a platoon, becoming the first war correspondent killed in Vietnam and the first female reporter to die in combat.

Radio history

Here is a good resource for the history of radio in Central Florida.

Eddie Adams & Vietnam War

Cronkite Tribute

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Walter Cronkite

Watch CBS News Videos Online

Here is the text of the Cronkite broadcast on the Vietnam War mentioned in the book.

Here a story about Cronkite and the FBI files.

Joseph Wershba clip (the person Robert Downy Jr. plays)

Nixon-Kennedy Debate

Here is more about the significance of the debate.

Good Night and Good Luck

Civil Defense Film

Cold War Prop

Ernie Pyle

Here is more information about the 2008 release of the above photo of Ernie Pyle.

"Hear it Now"

Government Records

Here is a link to OWI Records.

Through Open Records, we learned that chef Julia Child was a spy during WW II.

Here is a list of accredited WWII women journalists.

Zenger Trial

Here is more about the Zenger trial.

Marjorie Paxson

Marjorie Paxson was one of the first female newspaper publishers in the country. She also covered the news stateside during World War II when she worked for the wires.

Here is an oral history interview with Marj.

Here is an article about Marj.

Edward R Murrow & See It Now

WWII and Rosie the Riveter

Above is one of the best-known propaganda posters. Here is more about how it was used in the media.



Above is the Norman Rockwell image of Rosie - the one described in your book. Notice the difference between the magazine cover and the government version.

Dorothea Lange images

This photo, Migrant Mother, is one you may have seen before in textbooks. It was shot in a California migrant labor camp in 1936.



Here is an image that was shot by Lange the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. It is the storefront of a Japanese American business.



Here is an image Lange shot in an internment camp in San Francisco in April 1942.

** Why are the bottom two photos important to the concept of the media shaping history?

Joe Rosenthal

Here is Joe Rosenthal's famous photo. Here is more information about him.

Studying Content

Here is a link to NewspaperArchive.org
Here is a link to the Library of Congress newspaper archive.

Iron Jawed Angels

Here is a link to the website for the film Iron Jawed Angels.

Here is a link to the cast information.

Maggie Savoy

Maggie Savoy was a three-time Penney-Missouri Award winner while a women's page editor at the Arizona Republic.



She was eventually the keynote speaker at the Awards' ceremony.



She wrote several letters to Paul Myhre, the awards' director. The letters are at the University of Missouri.



Jim Bellows was Maggie's third husband. They remained married until her death in 1970 at age 50.

An article about her career is available in the journal, California History - the April 2009 issue.

Abolitionist Newspapers

Rev. Elijah Lovejoy



William Llyod Garrison

Here is a link to the front pages of some Abolitionist newspapers.

Here is the front page of the the Freedom's Journal. It was the first black newspaper, founded in NY City in 1827.

First U.S. Editorial Cartoon

"The image is of a curving snake cut into pieces, each of which bears the abbreviated name of one of the 13 original colonies. The title, Join, or Die, and its alternate caption, Unite or Die, is an admonition to join together in order to survive, first, a foreign power on the frontier, but, later, Britain's tyrannical behavior toward her colonies. This image was cut from the May 9, 1754 issue of Franklin's paper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, the newspaper that went up and down the colonial coast, carried by the postal system that had been expanded and improved by Franklin."

Florida ERA images

Primary Sources

Here is a link to the National Press Club oral history collection.

Here is a link to the Women in Journalism oral history project.

Here is a link to the Broadcast Pioneers Library of American Broadcasting oral history project.

Here is a link to speeches by journalists and some more oral histories.

Here is a link to an archive with the papers of women journalists.

Here is link to an archive with the papers of several famous journalists and publication.

Jim Bellows

This is a photo of Jim Bellows. Here is his obituary.


Above is his memoir.

Media History timeline

Here is a link to a good media history timeline.

War of the Worlds

Yet, this researcher has questioned the true reaction to the broadcast.

Journalistic Principles

Journalistic Principles

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

-- Thomas Jefferson

“Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

(multiple sources credited)

Questions on the Miami Herald's coverage of Gary Hart in 1987? Check here.

Here's more about South Carolina Gov. Sanford's summer of 2009.

Here is more about the Freedom's Journal. Here is additional information.

Here is more about Ida Tarbell.

Here is more about William Llyod Garrison

Here is more about Elijah Lovejoy.

Revisiting History

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Welcome!

Welcome to the History of American Journalism. Below is the book you will need for the course:



In addition to reading the Introduction and Chapter 16 (How the News Media Have Shaped History), your challenge is to find out who James "Jim" Bellows is and why he matters to journalism history. Good luck!