Tag: "journalism"

Stacy explores Whitman's journalism career in sabbatical research

Stacy explores Whitman’s journalism career in sabbatical research

History professor Jason Stacy presented sabbatical research last week on Walt Whitman’s journalism career from before the first publication of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855.
Photo courtesy of Jason Stacy
Whitman’s journalism career began in the early 1840s and as it progressed, Stacy said Whitman began to develop a writing style of “scenes and peeps” that took […]

The cover page for Prophets of the Fourth Estate

Prophets of the Fourth Estate

“Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Broadsides by Press Critics of the Progressive Era,” is now on shelves. The book is co-authored by SIUE Mass Communications Department Chair Gary Hicks and his colleague Amy Reynolds of LSU.
The book features journalism critiques from the progressive era (1890-1920) and places them within a social, economic and historical context.
“You […]

Véronique LaCapra

Coffee with Véronique LaCapra

Last Wednesday Véronique LaCapra from St. Louis Public Radio sat down to coffee with a group of SIUE students. The meeting was part of the women’s studies program’s “Coffee With Cool Women” series, the goal of which is to allow students to converse with professionals in a casual environment.
Students had the opportunity to talk to […]

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