Thursday, October 4 (afternoon)

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12:30-1:35 p.m. Awards Lunch
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1:50-2:50 p.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: Giving Readers What They Want? Baseball, Tobacco, and the Public Interest
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Moderator: Carol Sue Humphrey, Oklahoma Baptist University

Ronald R. Rodgers, University of Florida
Baseball and the News

Joseph Jones and Earnest L. Perry Jr., University of Missouri
Smoke and Mirrors: The Chicago Defender, Big Tobacco, and the Health of the African American Community

Jon Marshall and Nirmal Mulaikal, Northwestern University
Once They Were Heroes: Changing Coverage of Baseball Stars in the Steroids Era

PANEL: Using Biography to Expose History’s Untold Stories
Abstract

Moderator: Erika Pribanic-Smith, University of Texas at Arlington

Marilyn Greenwald, Ohio University
Kimberley Mangun, University of Utah
Pete Smith, Mississippi State University

3-4 p.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: An Examination of 19th- and 20th-Century Journalistic Practices
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Moderator: Melony Shemberger, Murray State University

Ken Ward, Lamar University
The Yellowing of Denver: Reconceptualizing the Climax of New Journalism

Tim Klein, Louisiana State University
An Obituary for the Muckraking Movement

Patrick S. Washburn and Michael S. Sweeney, Ohio University
Francis Biddle and the Jennings Case in 1934-35: A Freedom of the Press Complaint that Sucked in Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Randolph Hearst, and Heywood Broun

PANEL: Faith as Media Frame, Influence, and Component
Abstract

Moderator: Erin K. Coyle, Louisiana State University

John P. Ferré, University of Louisville
Candi S. Carter Olson, Utah State University
Timothy Olson, unaffiliated
Ronald R. Rodgers, University of Florida

4:10-5:10 Local Panel

Road to a Pulitzer: The Salt Lake Tribune
Abstract

Moderator: David Vergobbi, University of Utah

Panelists (all Salt Lake Tribune journalists):
Erin Albert
Rachel Piper
Sheila R. McCann

5:30-7:30 p.m. Local Journalist Award Reception
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