Events
Cosponsors
- The Poliak Fund at the Graduate School of Journalism
- The University Seminar on Theory and History of the Media
- The Committee on Global Thought
Organizers
- Richard R. John, Columbia University
- Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb, University of Oxford
Notes
- Free and open to the public
- No registration necessary
- First come, first seated
- Photo ID required for entry
“Free Market, Free Press? The Political Economy of News Reporting in the Anglo-American World since 1688” brings together a distinguished group of historians and media scholars to chart the evolution of the news business in two of the most important media markets: the United Kingdom and the United States. Coverage of the current economic crisis in the news business raises many questions about its history. How was news reporting funded in the past? To what extent was its funding contingent on institutional arrangements that no longer exist? To what extent has its funding been sustained by institutional arrangements other than market demand? These questions inform the nine papers that will be presented and discussed during our 17 November conference.
Program
time8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Morning Coffee and Opening Remarks
time9:00am - 11:00am EDT
The Political Economy of News, 1688-1836
Chair and Commentator
Brooke Kroeger
Professor
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
“Making News in the Early Modern Atlantic World”
Will Slauter
maître de conférences
Université Paris Diderot
“Two Countries, Two Presses: Making News in the Age of Revolutions” (co-author)
Victoria Gardner
Lecturer in Modern British History
Manchester University
“Two Countries, Two Presses: Making News in the Age of Revolutions” (co-author)
Joseph M. Adelman
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department
Framingham State University
"The News of Democratization and the Democratization of News: The Early-Nineteenth-Century Press"
Jeffrey L. Pasley
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
time11:00am - 11:15am EDT
Coffee Break
time11:15am - 1:00pm EDT
The Political Economy of News, 1836-1920
Chair and Commentator
Andie Tucher
Professor of Journalism and Director of the Communications Ph.D. Program
Columbia University
“The Victorian City and the Urban Newspaper”
David Paul Nord
Professor, School of Journalism and Adjunct Professor, Department of History
Indiana University
"The Economics of News in the Anglo-American Imperial Press, 1836-1925"
James R. Brennan
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
time1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lunch
time2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
The Political Economy of News in the Interwar Period
Chair and Commentator
Martin Conboy
Professor of Journalism History
University of Sheffield
"Protecting News in an Interconnected World"
Heidi J. S. Tworek
Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department
Harvard University
"Broadcasting Journalism, Across the Atlantic"
Michael Stamm
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
time3:15pm - 3:30pm EDT
Coffee Break
time3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
The Political Economy of News Since the Second World War
Chair and Commentator
Michael Schudson
Professor, School of Journalism
Columbia University
"The Political Economy of American Journalism, 1945-2012"
James L. Baughman
Fetzer-Bascom Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin- Madison
“Struggles to Protect the Economic Value of News in the Twenty-First Century”
Robert G. Picard
Professor
Oxford University
time4:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Final Discussion
Discussant
Richard R. John
Professor, School of Journalism
Columbia University
Discussant
Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb
Senior Lecturer in History
Keble College, Oxford
Participants
- Joseph M. Adelman Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department Framingham State University
- James L. Baughman Fetzer-Bascom Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Wisconsin- Madison
- James R. Brennan Assistant Professor University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Martin Conboy Professor of Journalism History University of Sheffield
- Victoria Gardner Lecturer in Modern British History Manchester University
- Richard R. John Professor, School of Journalism Columbia University
- Brooke Kroeger Professor Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
- David Paul Nord Professor, School of Journalism and Adjunct Professor, Department of History Indiana University
- Jeffrey L. Pasley Associate Professor University of Missouri
- Robert G. Picard Professor Oxford University
- Michael Schudson Professor, School of Journalism Columbia University
- Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb Senior Lecturer in History Keble College, Oxford
- Will Slauter maître de conférences Université Paris Diderot
- Michael Stamm Assistant Professor Michigan State University
- Andie Tucher Professor of Journalism and Director of the Communications Ph.D. Program Columbia University
- Heidi J. S. Tworek Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department Harvard University