A Free Press in FreeHand
Cód:
491_9780982706329
This is the astonishing story of North Carolinian John McLean Harrington, a maverick journalist who before and during the Civil War handwrote up to a hundred copies of each issue of his own various newspapers. As cultural and military battle lines were drawn across the South, Harrington, while postmaster in Harnett County, blogged in longhand about everything from the plight of slaves to unrequited love, international relations, and technology. He became an outspoken dilettante journalist, a defender of press freedom, and one of the nations most productive longhand journalists. Includes photos and accompanying transcriptions of two complete issues of Harringtons papers.THE AUTHORSMichael Ray Smith, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist, photographer, and author of many articles and five books, including FeatureWriting.Net. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and Editor & Publisher. He teaches at Campbell University -- a few miles from the books setting. Roy Alden Atwood (Introduction) is president and senior fellow of New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. Quentin J. Schultze (Preface) is the Arthur H. DeKruyter chair and professor of communication at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.ENDORSEMENTSSmith has unearthed a gem of media history. -- Dr. Stephen Perry, editor of Mass Communication and Society and Professor of Communication, Illinois State UThoroughly analyzes the context within which journalisms version of John Henry was played out with nary a witness. Harringtons character is revealed humanly with neither romanticism nor cynicism. -- Dr. Richard K. Olsen, Chair, Communication Studies, U of North Carolina, WilmingtonA well-researched and well-written story of a little-known but compelling aspect of the history of journalism, an ode to handwriting as a unique form of communication and a fascinating case study. -- Dr. Elliot King, Professor of Communication, Loyola U Ma
Veja mais
