Chair: Chalet Seidel, Case Western Reserve Univ.


Journalism in the History and Theory of Writing I

1) "Who is Mr Reuter?: Objectivity and Electric Language"
Richard Menke, University of Georgia

2) "The Formation of a Professional Writing Identity in Edwin Shuman's Steps Into Journalism "
Chalet Seidel, Case Western Reserve University

3) "Masters and Voice: The Struggle for Personal Writing Style in American Newsrooms, 1890-1940."
Kevin Lerner, Rutgers University and LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York

 

Journalism in the History and Theory of Writing II

1) “'This is Not a Book': Fictional Techniques in Lincoln Steffens's Exposé The Shame of the Cities ”
Jennifer Louise Young, Tulane University and University of Montevallo

2) “Journalizing the Literary Establishment: Creative Nonfiction and the Influence of Print Journalism on Literary Production”
Leslie Haynsworth, Columbia College

3) "The Liberal Self in Print: Frederick Douglass as Editor and Autobiographer"
M. Clay Hooper, University at Buffalo (SUNY)