New research! "College President to Cattle Town Editor: Asa Mercer and Frontier Journalism on the Northern Plains." Media History Monographs 15 (2013).

New textbook! Editing Across Media. Content and Process for Print and Online Publication. Like it on Facebook, learn more about editing.

New photo gallery! A Flickr portfolio of color and black-and-white photos taken over more than 30 years.

Weird Ways of News

A User's Guide to News Values. Now available at merlot.org.

Get ready for the gardening season!

Dorothy Collins, Flowers Between the Frosts. How to Grow Great Gardens in Short Seasons. A charming and witty gardening guide.

Now available as interactive node map!
Choosing Your Career in the Mass Media

Are you confused about the many career choices available in the mass media? Of course you are! Well, why not find some answers? Consult Ross's Choosing Your Career in Mass Media node map or poster!

Children, War and Propaganda

A troubling development of the brutal century recently passed has been the growing use of children for war. As the world wars changed societies in so many ways, they also changed expectations for children during wartime.

In total war, war on an immense, world-wide scale, everyone worked. Including children of all ages.