Recalls the accomplishments of Sister Ann Christine Heintz, an educator who devoted her career to identifying the best and brightest young minority people, and encouraging them to get involved in journalism. (MS)

Offers a brief look at the life of Marcus Walter Williams: his early life and education, his work life in journalism, and his founding of the first school of Journalism (located at the University of Missouri) in 1906. (SR)

This second Cumulative Index to "Journalism Quarterly" incorporates references to Volumes 26-40 (1949-1963) with those found in the Index to Volumes 1-25 (1924-1948), published in December 1948. It thus presents an analytical guide to 40 years of published research in journalism and mass communication, as well as changing trends in…

The major schools of journalism in the United States established themselves during the first 25 years of the 20th century. These schools formed an important part of the broader professionalizing project within journalism. Over the next 30 years, this elite group of schools attempted to make a degree from a professional school of journalism the…

Based on an examination of well-kept primary source material, this paper presents a personal and professional history of Mary Paxton Keeley, the first woman graduate of one of the first journalism schools in the United States, the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Starting with her early years, the paper explains that Keeley was…

Discusses how service journalism (action-oriented, reader-oriented articles) dates back to the first school newspaper in 1777. (MM)

Offers an overview of the history of the Journalism Education Association, from its founding in 1924 to the present period. (SR)

Points to landmark changes affecting student publications in the years since 1955, makes predictions about future trends, and describes events in the history of the National Council of College Publications Advisers (NCCPA). (GT)

Outlines proposals regarding the issue of professional journalistic training made at several International Congresses of the Press that met in Europe from 1894 to 1908. (SR)

Profiles Earl English, a pioneer in scholastic journalism. Focuses on English's high school journalism experiences. (SR)

Presents a case study of curricular development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Examines the curricular relevance of mass communication in a social science research context to professionally oriented undergraduates. Discusses the concept of curriculum and the implications of Paulo Freire's…

Commissioned by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), this monograph presents the highlights of the history of organized efforts to improve education for journalism in the United States and to stimulate studies in the field of mass communication. Following brief biographies of the AEJMC founding fathers,…

States that professional journalism education in America's colleges and universities was well established by the 1940s. Describes the developmental history of journalism education programs, including the origins of several professional organizations dedicated to journalism education. Details first research methods and teaching standards. Concludes…

Probably the chief advantage which a democracy has over other forms of government and society lies in the fact that it constitutes within itself a great school, stimulating its citizens to the acquisition of information about public affairs and training them in intelligent thinking on all subjects of public-interest. In this school the public…

This essay critiques the depictions of rank and file newsworkers of the 1920s and 1930s that are offered in traditional journalism histories and in cultural, social, and women's histories of the press. Following a tradition established in the first half of the 20th century, contemporary media historians continue to reify the use of other standard…