Mari, Will

The American newsroom : a history, 1920 - 1960 / Will Mari. - 1 online resource (xxii, 345 pages) : illustrations - Journalism in perspective: continuities and disruptions .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: the newsroom -- Copy boys and girls and photographers -- Rewrite staff and copy editors -- Reporters and their junior peers: routines, careers, and status in the newsroom -- Reporters and their senior peers: the myths and realities of upward mobility -- Reporters and their bosses: Power-sharing in the newsroom -- Technology and the newsroom: phones, cars, and radio -- Unionization in the newsroom: organizing and news workers quality of life -- Conclusion: the newsroom in American journalism, 1920-1960 -- Appendix: newsroom salaries -- Bibliographic essay and note on sources.

"The story of the American newsroom is that of modern American journalism. This holistic history tells that story, from the 1920s through the 1960s, in a time of great change and controversy in the field, when 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 later century's information economy"--



9780826274595

2021003564


Press--History--United States--20th century.
Journalism--History--United States--20th century.
Newspaper publishing--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

PN4867 / .A447 2021