Books

An Insider Glimpse Into the Story of the Pentagon Papers Case

An Insider Glimpse Into the Story of the Pentagon Papers Case

Stuart Brotman’s book, “The First Amendment Lives On: Conversations Commemorating Hugh M. Hefner’s Legacy of Enduring Free Speech and Free Press Values,” set for publication by the University of Missouri…
January 21, 2022
Stuart Brotman
A Reckoning With the Press’ History in the Jim Crow South

A Reckoning With the Press’ History in the Jim Crow South

“Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America,” edited by Kathy Roberts Forde and Sid Bedingfield and set for publication by University of Illinois…
November 19, 2021
Kathy Roberts Forde
Interviewing Jane Roe: How Joshua Prager Humanized One of the Most Famous Supreme Court Cases in History

Interviewing Jane Roe: How Joshua Prager Humanized One of the Most Famous Supreme Court Cases in History

Joshua Prager, NF ’11, has made a career of sharing secrets. In one case, the former Wall Street Journal writer revealed the identity of the only anonymous Pulitzer Prize winner;…
November 17, 2021
Natalie De Rosa
Covering God in the 21st Century

Covering God in the 21st Century

In “The God Beat: What Journalism Says About Faith and Why it Matters,” dozens of religion journalists expound on the challenges of covering spirituality in a nation at once both…
June 17, 2021
Costica Bradatan
Keeping the Abolitionist Press Alive in Pre-Civil War America

Keeping the Abolitionist Press Alive in Pre-Civil War America

“First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery” by Ken EllingwoodIn his newly released monograph,”First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the…
May 4, 2021
Ken Ellingwood
Authors Explore How to Clean Up A "Polluted Media Landscape"

Authors Explore How to Clean Up A “Polluted Media Landscape”

“You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape” by Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. MilnerIn “You Are Here: A Field Guide…
March 12, 2021
Ryan M. Milner
How Participatory Media Promote Coverage of Social Movements

How Participatory Media Promote Coverage of Social Movements

“Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them” by Ethan ZuckermanIn “Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them,” published January 19…
January 21, 2021
Ethan Zuckerman
Navigating Racial Tension in The Newsroom

Navigating Racial Tension in The Newsroom

In “Why Didn’t We Riot? A Black Man in Trumpland,” published October 6 by Other Press, Issac J. Bailey reflects on what it means to be a Black man in…
October 6, 2020
Issac J. Bailey
Photographic Reflections on Peace Following Conflict

Photographic Reflections on Peace Following Conflict

The following is from “Imagine: Reflections on Peace,” a new book, as well as an exhibition and series of short films, from The VII Foundation that features photographic essays from…
October 1, 2020
Nichole Sobecki
Drew Pearson vs. Joe McCarthy: The Unmaking of the Modern American Demagogue

Drew Pearson vs. Joe McCarthy: The Unmaking of the Modern American Demagogue

In "Demagogue," his biography of Joe McCarthy, Larry Tye reveals journalist Drew Pearson’s role in taking on and bringing down the infamous senator from Wisconsin
July 9, 2020
Larry Tye