Thursday, October 6 (afternoon)

Go to: Schedule at a Glance  |  Thursday a.m. |  Friday  |  Saturday

12:30-1:40 p.m. Awards Lunch
St. Petersburg Ballrooms I and II
Visit Events page for more information.


1:50-2:50 p.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: Wartime Press Coverage and Beyond
(Click paper titles for abstracts)
Williams/Demens Room

Moderator: Patrick Cox, University of Texas (retired)

Richard Anthony Lewis, University of Southern Mississippi
Beyond Question: Wendell D. Rimer, Troy A. Peters, and the Documentation of War Crimes at Hadamar Institute, April-May, 1945

Paul Subin and David Dowling, University of Iowa
Gandhi’s Newspaperman: T.G. Narayanan and the Quest for an Independent India, 1938-1946

Willie Tubbs, University of Southern Mississippi
Hardened Leaders: Randy Old Officers in Blighty’s World War II Military Cartoons

PANEL: Recovering Women’s Voices:  Beyond the Pioneering Trope
Abstract
St. Petersburg Ballroom III

Moderator: Ellen Gerl, Ohio University

Marilyn Greenwald, Ohio University
Candi Carter Olson, Utah State University
Jane Marcellus, Middle Tennessee State University


3-4 p.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: Transnationalism: Journalism Across Borders
(Click paper titles for abstracts)
Williams/Demens Room

Moderator: Dane Claussen, Thiel College

Debbie van Tuyll, Augusta University
Transnational Journalism History: An Alternative Paradigm for Studying the Role of the Press

Jon Bekken, Albright College
Cultura Obrera: Building a Transnational Syndicalist Culture in the Atlantic Maritime Trade

Elisabeth Fondren, Louisiana State University
Disloyal or Merely Distrusted? Editorial and Political Views of the German-Language Press in 1917

PANEL: Opportunities in Television News History Research
Abstract
St. Petersburg Ballroom III

Moderator: Mike Conway, Indiana University

Mary Beadle, John Carroll University
Madeleine Liseblad, Arizona State University
Mike Murray, University of Missouri-St. Louis

4:10-5:10 Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: The Role of the Press in Focusing on Environmental Concerns
(Click paper titles for abstracts)
Williams/Demens

Moderator: Kathy Bradshaw, Bowling Green State University

Kenneth Ward, Ohio University
"Head Thrown Back, Eyes Alert": Sharing Nature in the Columbus Dispatch Column of Edward Sinclair Thomas

Linda Lumsden, University of Arizona
Trailblazing in Social Movement Media: The Sierra Club Bulletin’s Role in Building the Environmental Movement, 1893-1970

Glen Feighery, University of Utah
Questioning the Atom Masters: News Coverage of Above-Ground Nuclear Testing, 1951-1953

LOCAL PANEL:
Who Killed the Messenger? The Long and Brutal Demise of the Tampa Tribune
Abstract
St. Petersburg Ballroom III

Moderator: Fred Blevens, Florida International University

Judy Hill, former reporter, St. Pete Times and Tribune Tribune
Joe Registrato, former reporter and city editor of Tampa Tribune
Rob Hooker, former reporter, St. Pete Times and Tampa Bay Times

5:30-7:30 p.m. Local Journalist Award Reception
Poolside (St. Petersburg Ballroom I and II in event of rain)
Visit Events page for more information.