BackStory with the American History Guys » journalism http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory with the American History Guys no BackStory with the American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory with the American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, BackStory with the American History Guys » journalism http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org New Media & Objectivity http://backstoryradio.org/new-media-objectivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-media-objectivity http://backstoryradio.org/new-media-objectivity/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:32:03 +0000 cm6ay http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/?p=1792 The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press.”  You can listen to the entire episode here.

Michael Kinsley, founding editor of Slate.com, talks about why he’s not worried about objectivity in the new media landscape.

Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/new-media-objectivity/feed/ 0 1st amendment,freedom,journalism,media history,new media,newspapers,objectivity,partisanship,political history,thomas jefferson The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here. - Michael Kinsley, founding editor of Slate.com, talks about why he's not worried about objectivi... The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/). Michael Kinsley, founding editor of Slate.com, talks about why he's not worried about objectivity in the new media landscape. Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/) BackStory with the American History Guys no 5:39 Lunar Manbats http://backstoryradio.org/lunar-manbats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lunar-manbats http://backstoryradio.org/lunar-manbats/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:32:00 +0000 cm6ay http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/?p=1791 The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press.”  You can listen to the entire episode here.

Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early days of the penny press.

Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/lunar-manbats/feed/ 1 1st amendment,american history,freedom,journalism,media history,media studies,newspapers,objectivity,partisanship,political history,thomas jefferson The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here. - Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early da... The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/). Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early days of the penny press. Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/) BackStory with the American History Guys no 7:41 Jefferson and the Press http://backstoryradio.org/jefferson-and-the-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jefferson-and-the-press http://backstoryradio.org/jefferson-and-the-press/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:31:56 +0000 cm6ay http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/?p=1787 The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press.”  You can listen to the entire episode here.

The History Guys discuss Thomas Jefferson’s sometimes contradictory ideas about a free press.

Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/jefferson-and-the-press/feed/ 0 journalism,media history,objectivity,partisanship,presidential history,presidents,thomas jefferson The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here. - The History Guys discuss Thomas Jefferson's sometimes contradictory ideas about a free press. - The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/). The History Guys discuss Thomas Jefferson's sometimes contradictory ideas about a free press. Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/) BackStory with the American History Guys no 3:54 Peter Porcupine http://backstoryradio.org/peter-porcupine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-porcupine http://backstoryradio.org/peter-porcupine/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:30:43 +0000 cm6ay http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/?p=1788 The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press.”  You can listen to the entire episode here.

Historian Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy.

Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/peter-porcupine/feed/ 1 1st amendment,freedom,journalism,media history,newspapers,objectivity,partisanship,political history,printing history,thomas jefferson The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here. - Historian Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key ... The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press."  You can listen to the entire episode here (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/). Historian Marcus Daniel (http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/EarlyNational/?view=usa&ci=9780195172126) explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy. Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press (http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/) BackStory with the American History Guys no 6:15 The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism http://backstoryradio.org/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism http://backstoryradio.org/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:42:59 +0000 VFHwebdev http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=344 R.F. Outcaults Yellow Kid
The Yellow Kid was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he’d already sold cigars, staged a cock fight and been around the world. So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? Associate producer Rachel Quimby explains.

*Many thanks to Catherine Moore and Jesse Dukes for lending their remarkable vocal talent as the Yellow Kid and Pushy Advertisers, respectively*

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/feed/ 16 cartoons,comics,commercialization,Hearst,immigration,journalism,Pulitzer,sunday paper,Yellow Kid The Yellow Kid was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he'd already sold cigars, staged a cock fight and been around the world. So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/YellowKid.jpeg) The Yellow Kid (http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/index.htm) was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he'd already sold cigars (http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/image-browser.asp?ai=44796&whichpage=&whichimage=96039), staged a cock fight (http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/1896/november/1896-11-29b.jpg) and been around the world (http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/1897/1897.htm). So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? Associate producer Rachel Quimby explains. *Many thanks to Catherine Moore and Jesse Dukes for lending their remarkable vocal talent as the Yellow Kid and Pushy Advertisers, respectively* BackStory with the American History Guys no 12:03 Just the Facts?: Partisanship and the Press http://backstoryradio.org/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press http://backstoryradio.org/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:00:58 +0000 cm6ay http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=296
The current era of partisan news and name-calling is enough to make you wonder what happened to good old-fashioned objective reporting. But in this hour, BackStory asks: Where did the idea of media objectivity come from in the first place? Historian Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy. Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early days of the penny press. And Michael Kinsley, founder of the online journal Slate, argues that opinion journalism can be more informative than so-called “objective” news.

Guests Include:

Show Highlights

  • Peter Porcupine — Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy.
  • Jefferson & the Press — The History Guys discuss Thomas Jefferson’s sometimes contradictory ideas about a free press.
  • Lunar Manbats — Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early days of the penny press.
  • New Media & Objectivity — Michael Kinsley talks about why he’s not worried about objectivity in the new media landscape.

Web Exclusive

The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism
When did news become so… jaundiced? It’s hard to say. But we do know when it got yellow. Associate producer Rachel Quimby tells the story of the Yellow Kid– an improbable character who found himself at the center of the late nineteenth-century newspaper wars.

Further Reading

Want to dig deeper into the history of partisanship and the press? Check out this list of resources compiled by the History Guys to learn more.

eighthnoteCheck out the music in our “Partisanship and the Press” show.
]]> http://backstoryradio.org/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/feed/ 13 1st amendment,freedom,journalism,media history,newspapers,objectivity,partisanship,political history,thomas jefferson What ever happened to good, old-fashioned, objective reporting? In this hour, the History Guys turn that question on its head, and ask instead where the notion of “objective” reporting came from in the first place. (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2009/01/press.jpg) The current era of partisan news and name-calling is enough to make you wonder what happened to good old-fashioned objective reporting. But in this hour, BackStory asks: Where did the idea of media objectivity come from in the first place? Historian Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy. Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving "lunar man-bats" in the early days of the penny press. And Michael Kinsley, founder of the online journal Slate, argues that opinion journalism can be more informative than so-called "objective" news. Guests Include: * Marcus Daniel (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/node/59), historian and author of Scandal and Civility: Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy * Matthew Goodman, author of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York * Michael Kinsley, founding editor of Slate.com Show Highlights * Peter Porcupine -- Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy. * Jefferson & the Press -- The History Guys discuss Thomas Jefferson's sometimes contradictory ideas about a free press. * Lunar Manbats (http://backstoryradio.org/2010/10/lunar-manbats/) -- Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early days of the penny press. * New Media & Objectivity -- Michael Kinsley talks about why he's not worried about objectivity in the new media landscape. Web Exclusive (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2009/03/yellowkid.jpeg)The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism When did news become so... jaundiced? It's hard to say. But we do know when it got yellow. Associate producer Rachel Quimby tells the story of the Yellow Kid-- an improbable character who found himself at the center of the late nineteenth-century newspaper wars. Further Reading Want to dig deeper into the history of partisanship and the press? Check out this list of resources (http://backstoryradio.org/just-the-facts-further-reading/)compiled by the History Guys to learn more. (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2009/01/eighthnote.jpg)Check out the music (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/03/backstory-show-tunes#Partisanship Music) in our "Partisanship and the Press" show. BackStory with the American History Guys no 53:00