Media History
Historians studying Media, Communication, Journalism, and the Creative Industries
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@jasonleeguthrie.bsky.social
@ajhasocial.bsky.social
Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association advances teaching and research in mass communication history. https://ajha.wildapricot.org/
@ericjasper.bsky.social
📍El Paso 💚 cancer fighter/survivor 🏳️🌈 gay married 📚 doctoral student ↩️ woke and sliding left
@pewalck.bsky.social
Associate professor | Duquesne University History lover. Journalism scholar. Keystone News Summit promoter.
@illuminations.bsky.social
Media producer of arts docs, screen performance; posts by John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, Univ of Westminster; broadcasting history, esp early TV, theatre, film, visual art Images: Man w the Flower, ‘30 / de Stael, Le Saladier (detail), ‘54
@justinrawlins.bsky.social
Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him
@gwynmell.bsky.social
Media historian and recovering journalist. Author of Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow (2024) #RacializingObjectivity; Chasing Newsroom Diversity: From Jim Crow to Affirmative Action (2013)
@klerner.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Journalism and dept. chair at Marist. Author Provoking the Press: (MORE) Magazine and the Crisis of Confidence in American Journalism. Editor, Insights on Literary Journalism. I study press criticism, and literary & alternative journalism.
@tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social
Professor of TV. Brewer of cold. Boston University. Texan in Connecticut. Author of The Television Code. Writing about death and TV. Co-editing The Cocktail Lover’s Guide to TV History. Will eat any sugary treat you give me.
@kfortmueller.bsky.social
Media industries, labor, and unions. Author of Below the Stars & Hollywood Shutdown (both UTX, 2021), Co-editor of Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), co-writing with @mirandabanks.bsky.social, co-organizing CP25 Assoc. Prof @GSU
@davidtzmindich.bsky.social
A professor of journalism at Temple University, I am the author of books and articles that can be found here: https://www.davidtzmindich.com/ . My areas are "objectivity" (in quotes), democracy, journalism history, and minority representation.
@katiemontalbano.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media Law & Ethics at the University of Kentucky's School of Journalism and Media || PhD, Columbia GSAS / Journalism School || BA, Haverford College https://kathrynmontalbano.com
@annarosestamm.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Indiana University | STS - Broadcast History - Cultural Geography - Local/National Histories | annarosestamm.net
@brookekroeger.bsky.social
Author, journalist, prof emerita NYU. Books: Undaunted, Suffragents, Undercover Reporting, Passing, Fannie (Fannie Hurst), Nellie Bly. website: brookekroeger.com
@ichinoy.bsky.social
“Predicting the Winner: The Untold Story of Election Night 1952 and the Dawn of Computer Forecasting” (https://a.co/d/1SAK8cG). Sort of retired. Newly inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, seeking mindfulness amidst the craziness. Decamped from X, FB, IG & Threads.
@loubenjamin.bsky.social
Retired; professor emerita and associate dean, Kansas State University
@provnewshistory.bsky.social
Journalist-turned-academic with a focus on all things local news. Currently working on the salvage and uses of local newspaper archives. Spare-time sculler.
@clittlefield.bsky.social
Historian studying religion, media, politics and culture. Reposts are fodder for debate only, not personal endorsements. Forthcoming book: Christian America and the Kingdom of God https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088414
@kearston.bsky.social
Media law prof. Privacy and 1 Am scholar. Hanging in there. Go Land Crabs.
@jhume.bsky.social
Journalism professor and associate dean at the University of Georgia. (Go Dawgs!) Media historian.
@caitlincm.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Idaho. Media historian interested in small(er) publications and regional print culture. Celebrity gossip/pop culture enthusiast. Wisconsin alum x3.
@victorpickard.bsky.social
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
@kathrynbrownell.bsky.social
Professor & Director of the Center for American Political History & Technology at Purdue University; Author of 24/7 Politics & Showbiz Politics; Senior Editor of Made By History
@clairerounkles.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis / MU J-School Alumni / OU Alumni /McNair Scholar / First Gen Student/ Photojournalist / Historian
@jesspgh.bsky.social
Comm + media studies professor focused on history, emerging tech, information integrity, telecomm policy, platforms, propaganda, and culture. From Pittsburgh.
@marshallreport.bsky.social
Love my family, friends, journalism, history, Cubs and music of all kinds
@asalvati.bsky.social
Adjunct professor of media and communications at Drew University. Podcaster. Historian.
@joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication @LJMU. Research interests in culture, media & literary studies #C19 to now. My views, RT ≠ endorsement.
@kylebarnett.bsky.social
Media studies professor. Participant observer. Itinerant Hoosier. Author, Record Cultures (Univ. of Michigan Press, 2020). Faculty adviser/occasional DJ, Bellarmine Radio. https://www.kylesbarnett.org/
@abradschwartz.bsky.social
Historian of Media, Fake News, and Propaganda. Author/Co-Author of ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER; SCARFACE AND THE UNTOUCHABLE; BROADCAST HYSTERIA. History PhD Candidate at Princeton.
@anikob.bsky.social
Media history prof at University of Virginia. Latest book is Making #Charlottesville: Media from Civil Rights to Unite the Right. Now writing a book on TV news coverage of the JFK assassination. I spend lots of research time in the 1960s.
@tvdoc.bsky.social
🏳️🌈(He)📺 Broadcast historian focusing on marginalized histories/media policy, TV Lamp collector, Media Studies Prof. 👵 Golden Girls book coming soon! University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. 🌈
@michaelsocolow.bsky.social
Communication & Journalism, University of Maine. 2019 Fulbright Scholar, University of Canberra. https://cmj.umaine.edu/faculty-staff/michael-j-socolow/
@ashgolddust.bsky.social
Prof at Saint Louis University | Journalism History | She/Her | Forest Bather🌻🌙
@noahax.bsky.social
Media Studies professor, San Diego State University media historian, comic book collector, lover of Cajun music, and aficionado of things that are old, cool, and/or weird
@tracylucht.bsky.social
Journalism historian | educator | author | feminist | adoptee (she/her)
@carolynedy.bsky.social
Journalism professor at Appalachian State, media historian, dog catcher, Canadian-American Author: The Woman War Correspondent, the U.S. Military & the Press bit.ly/woman-warco Co-Author: The Weekly War https://bit.ly/Weekly-War
@willthewordguy.bsky.social
Media historian/dog/human dad/husband/flawed Christian/hiker/dancer
@neiljyoung.bsky.social
Writer & historian of US religion, politics, and culture. New book: COMING OUT REPUBLICAN: A HISTORY OF THE GAY RIGHT (2024). Los Angeles. http://tinyurl.com/8vps3y82
@briancreech.bsky.social
Professor and Chair, Lehigh University Department of Journalism and Communication
@paulmatzko.bsky.social
Historian, author of The Radio Right (Oxford 2020), day job: AI and emerging tech.
@mjfuhlhage.bsky.social
Journalism prof, Wayne State University Reporting, editing, com & media history Cat daddy
@katejewell.bsky.social
Historian at Fitchburg State. Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio (UNC Press) out now! https://linktr.ee/katherinejewell
@katecarp.bsky.social
Historian/writer. Creator, @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcast. History of science PhD candidate at Princeton, based in KCMO. Working on a history of storm chasing. https://draftingthepast.com/ http://kathrynbcarpenter.com/ Profile 📷 John Legg
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, University of Colorado; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
@ajbauer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism at University of Alabama. PhD in American Studies from NYU. Researching conservative news and right-wing media. News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX). He/him.
@jasonleeguthrie.bsky.social
Media Historian and Host of the Recollecting Carter podcast. www.RecollectingCarter.com