{"product_id":"journalism-1908-birth-of-a-profession-volume-1-9780826218131","title":"Journalism 1908: Birth of a Profession (Volume 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year 1908 was not remarkable by most accounts  but it was an auspicious year for journalism. As newspapers sought to recover from big-city yellow journalism and circulation wars that reached their boiling point a few years earlier during the Spanish-American War  press clubs began to champion higher education. And schools dedicated to journalism education  led by the University of Missouri  began to emerge. Now sanctioned by universities  journalism could teach acceptable behavior and establish credentials. It was nothing less than the birth of a profession.  Journalism1908 opens a window on mass communication a century ago. It tells how the news media in the United States were fundamentally changed by the creation of academic departments and schools of journalism  by the founding of the National Press Club  and by exciting advances that included early newsreels  the introduction of halftones to print  and even changes in newspaper design.  Journalism educator Betty Houchin Winfield has gathered a team of well-known media scholars  all specialists in particular areas of journalism history  to examine the status of their profession in 1908: news organizations  business practices  media law  advertising  forms of coverage from sports to arts  and more. Various facets of journalism are explored and situated within the countrys history and the movement toward reform and professionalismnot only formalized standards and ethics but also labor issues concerning pay  hours  and job differentiation that came with the emergence of new technologies.  This overview of a watershed year is national in scope  examining early journalism education programs not only at Missouri but also at such schools as Colgate  Washington and Lee  Wisconsin  and Columbia. It also reviews the status of women in the profession and looks beyond big-city papers to Progressive Era magazines  the immigrant press  and African American publications.  Journalism1908 commemorates a century of progress in the media and  given the place of Missouris School of Journalism in that history  is an appropriate celebration of that schools centennial. It is a lode of information about journalism education history that will surprise even many of those in the field and marks a seminal year with lasting significance for the profession.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960541601845,"sku":"ByrdShop_082621813X","price":47.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780826218131.jpg?v=1788290392","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/journalism-1908-birth-of-a-profession-volume-1-9780826218131","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}