Each issue, Clio highlights the latest episode of the Journalism History podcast and recommend a set of episodes from the archives. The podcasts — available on the website and through many podcast players — are excellent teaching tools, easy to add to your syllabi. Transcripts of each episode are available online.
This summer we highlight U.S. presidents and the media.
Episode 18: Wars on the Press by Richard Nixon and Donald Trump Professor Mark Feldstein discusses the contentious relationships between U.S. presidents and the American press, including the extreme measures Richard Nixon went to in order to silence Jack Anderson, the most famous investigative journalist of the era.
Episode 43: Jimmy Carter and the Media Professor Amber Roessner joins the podcast to talk about her book that covers the astonishing Carter presidential campaign. Roessner focuses on the construction of a political image that beat the odds and signaled a new chapter for American political campaigns.
Episode 75: Nixon’s War on Television President Richard Nixon’s press management strategies are the focus of another podcast episode, this one discussing the relationship between the Nixon Administration and ABC News. Dale Cressman details what happened to that relationship in the wake of Vice President Agnew’s attack on television journalists.
BONUS EPISODE: Front Row at the Trump Show Podcast host Teri Finneman speaks with Jonathan Karl about his book Front Row at the Trump Show. Karl is the ABC News Chief Washington correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” He is also the former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.
And one more for the road:
Episode 69: Coverage of Detroit’s 12th Street Riot For those of you interested in learning more about Detroit newspapers and the city’s history before AEJMC in a few weeks, check out the episode discussing newspaper coverage of the July 1967 Detroit riots. Brandon Storlie joins the podcast to explain how and why the reporting was so problematic and how that connects to current issues in media coverage.