SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Abrahamson, David. Magazine-Made America: The Cultural Transformation of the

Postwar Periodical. New York: Hampton Press, 1996.

_______, ed. The American Magazine: Research Perspectives and Prospects. Ames,

IA: Iowa State University Press, 1995.

ARTICLES/CHAPTERS (REFEREED JOURNALS AND/OR INVITED)

_______. "An Inconvenient Legacy: The Jungle and the Immigrant Imperative."

Journalism History 34:2 (August 2008), in press.

_______ and Polsgrove, Carol. "Magazines: An Economic and Sociocultural

History." In Nord, David Paul; Rubin, Joan Shelley; and Schudson, Michael,

eds. History of the Book in America -- The Enduring Book: Print Culture in

Postwar America (Vol. 5). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008: in

press.

_______. "The New Journalism" and "News Magazines." In King, Elliot, ed.

Encyclopedia of American Journalism. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe Publishers,

2008: in press.

_______. "Magazine Exceptionalism: The Concepts, the Criteria, the Challenge."

Journalism Studies, 8:4 (August 2007): 667-670.

_______. "What I've Learned, What I've Unlearned." Journal of Magazine and New

Media Research, 9:2 (Summer 2007): <http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______ and Bryza, Christina. "Magazine Publishers."

_______ and Weisensee, Kim. "Men's Magazines."

_______ and Ashwood, Loka. "A.J. Liebling."

_______ and Price Fasig, Nicole. "Vanity Fair Magazine."

_______ and Rosenblum, Ilene. "Forbes Magazine." In Vaughn, Stephen, ed.

Encyclopedia of American Journalism History. New York: Routledge, 2007.

_______. "The Problem with Sources, A Source of the Problem." Journal of

Magazine and New Media Research, 9:1 (Fall 2006):

<http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______. "The Rise of the New Partisan Press: Forward into the Past." Journal of

Magazine and New Media Research, 8:1 (Spring 2006):

<http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______. "Teaching Literary Journalism: A Diverted Pyramid." Journalism and

Mass Communication Educator, 60:4 (Winter 2006), 430-433.

_______. "From the Many, to the Many: The Journalistic Promise of Weblogs."

Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 7:2 (Summer 2005):

<http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______. "The Press Celebrity and the Celebrity Press: Historical Antecedents,

Future Prospects." Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 7:1 (Spring

2005): <http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______; Bowman, Rebecca Lynn; Greer, Mark Richard; and Yeado, William Brian.

"A Quantitative Analysis of U.S. Consumer Magazines: A Ten-Year Longitudinal

Study." Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 5:2 (Spring 2003):

<http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______. "Special-Interest Magazines and the Evolution of the Magazine Form."

In Johnston, Donald H., ed. Encyclopedia of International Media and

Communications. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2003: 3: 101-114.

_______. "Beyond the Mirror Metaphor: Magazine Exceptionalism and

Sociocultural Change." Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 4:1

(Spring 2002): <http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______. "An Evaluative Bibliography: Digital Culture, Information Technology,

the Internet, the Web." Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 3:1

(Fall 2000): <http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal>.

_______. "Magazines: A Past in Paper and a Future on the Web." Media Studies

Journal, 13.2 (Spring-Summer 1999): 44-51.

_______. "Magazines: Shaping and Reflecting Society." In "Clio's Top 10 Lists:

Experts Pick Best Media History Sources." Clio Among the Media: The

Newsletter of the AEJMC History Division, 31.3 (Spring 1999): 4-7.

_______. "Odgen Mills Reid." In Garraty, John A. and Carnes, March C., eds.

(American Council of Learned Societies). American National Biography. New

York: Oxford University Press, 1999: 18: 310-311.

_______. "Magazines in the Twentieth Century." In Blanchard, Margaret A., ed.

History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Chicago:

Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998: 340-342.

_______. "The Visible Hand and the Future of the Internet: Money, Markets and

Media Evolution." Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 75:1 (Spring

1998): 14-18.

_______. The Connected Classroom: Internet Applications for a Magazine

Publishing Course." In Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue

Electronique de Communication, "The Impact of the Internet on Journalism,"

7:4 (December 1997): <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v7n497.htm>

_______. "The Interpretive Imperative: Online Sources and the Future of

Historical Scholarship." American Journalism, 14:2 (Spring 1997): 219-222.

_______. "The Bright New-Media Future for Magazines." Magazine Matter: The

Newsletter of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass

Communication Magazine Division, Summer 1996: 1.

_______. "New York Woman Magazine." In Endres, Kathleen and Lueck, Therese,

eds. Women's Periodicals in the United States: Consumer Magazines. Westport,

CT: Greenwood Press, 1995: 258-265.

_______. "Sassy Magazine." In Endres, Kathleen and Lueck, Therese, eds.

Women's Periodicals in the United States: Consumer Magazines. Westport, CT:

Greenwood Press, 1995: 311-317.

_______. "Brilliant Fragments: The Scholarly Engagement with the American

Magazine." Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de

Communication, 4:2-4 (December 1994).

_______. "Bernard George Davis." In Jackson, Kenneth T., ed., Dictionary of

American Biography. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994: 222-223.

_______. "La Press Ecrite." In Editions Gallimard, New York. Paris: Editions

Gallimard, 1993: 52-53.

_______. "Teaching Journalism as Literature and the Possibilities of Artistic

Growth." Journalism Educator, 46:2 (Summer 1991): 54-60.

PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS (REFEREED AND/OR INVITED)

_______. "The Longest Silence: A Joseph Mitchell Centennial Celebration." To be

presented at the American Journalism Historians Association Annual Conference,

Seattle, WA, 2 October 2008.

_______. "Literary Journalism and the Canon: Long-Form Writing Resisting

Extinction in the New Media Short-Form World." To be presented at the European

Society for the Study of English International Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 23

August 2008.

_______. "The State of the Art: Core Knowledge for Research in Long-Form

Journalism." To be presented at Association for Education in Journalism and

Mass Communication Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 8 August 2008.

_______. "Memento Vivere: The Lessons of Literary Journalism." To be presented

at International Association for Literary Journalism Studies Annual

Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 17 May 2008.

_______. "The Jungle 100 Years Later: A Century of the Journalism of Reform."

Presented at the American Journalism Historians Association Annual Conference,

Richmond, VA, 6 October 2007.

_______. "The Counter-Coriolis Effect: Literary Journalism in a Shrinking

World." Presented at the International Association for Literary Journalism

Studies Annual Conference, Paris, France, 18 May 2007.

_______. "The Getting of Wisdom." Presented at Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 3

August 2006.

_______. "Re-Defining Writing: Emerging New Models of Journalistic Practice."

Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2 August 2006.

_______. "The Pedagogical Challenges of Literary Journalism"." Presented at

the First International Conference on Literary Journalism, Nancy, France, 19 May

2006.

_______. "The Omniscient Analytical Observation: A Brief History." Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and American

Journalism Historians Association Joint History Meeting, New York, NY, 18

March 2006.

_______. "The Uneasy Embrace: The Journalist and the Source." Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication South East

Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL, 3 March 2006.

_______. "The Divergent Forms of News Writing." Presented at the international

conference, "Mapping the Magazine II: A Cross-Disciplinary Symposium on Magazine

Studies" at Cardiff University, Wales, UK, 16 September 2005.

_______. "Literary Journalism and the Argumentative Imperative." Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual

Conference, San Antonio, TX, 12 August 2005.

_______. "What Goes Around: A Return to a Partisan Press?" Presented

at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual

Conference, San Antonio, TX, 11 August 2005.

_______. "The Possible Journalistic Futures of Weblogs." Presented at Association for

Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, 7

August 2004.

_______. "The Role of Celebrity in the Evolution of the Popular Press."

Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, 6 August 2004.

_______. "The City Magazine: The Cultural Evolution of Consumption, Identity and

Class." Prepared for the Print Culture and the City Conference, McGill

University, Montreal, Quebec, 27 March 2004.

_______. "The Premise Imperative: Beyond Objectivity." Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication South East

Colloquium, Tampa, FL, 5 March 2004.

_______. "Media Divergence and 'The Magazine Exception': The Historical Agency

of the Periodical Form." Accepted at American Journalism Historians

Association Annual Conference, Billings, MT, 3 October 2003.

_______. "Plagiarism Without End, Amen: A Disquieting Historical Perspective."

Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, 30 July 2003.

_______. "Magazine Exceptionalism." Keynote presentation at the international

conference, "Mapping the Magazine: A Cross-Disciplinary Symposium on Magazine

Studies" at Cardiff University, Wales, UK, 26 June 2003.

_______; Bowman, Rebecca Lynn; Greer, Mark Richard; and Yeado, William Brian.

"A Longitudinal Quantitative Study of Gender and Related Determinants

in U.S. Consumer Magazines" Presented at Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Miami, FL, 8 August

2002.

_______. "Reloading the Canon: Repercussus Mirabilis: Literary Journalism and

Technological Possibility." Presented at Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Miami, FL, 8 August

2002.

_______. "From the Fall of Life to the Rise of the Salon: Magazines and

Sociocultural Change." Presented at Association for Education in Journalism

and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 8 August 2001.

_______. "The Ideal of Synergy: Authoring from the Classroom." Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication South East

Colloquium, Columbia, SC, 10 March 2001.

_______. "The Unseen Aspects of Guest Recruitment: Innocence Abroad (or)

Please Don't Insist I Join You for Dinner in Paris!" Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual

Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 9 August 2000.

_______. "The Voice Within the Voice: Narration in the Literary Journalism

of Hemingway, Ross and Thompson." Presented at Western Journalism Historians

Conference, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 26 February 2000.

_______. "Historical Method versus Journalistic Methodology: Cultures in

Conflict." Presented at American Journalism Historians Association Annual

Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 24 October 1998.

_______. "The End of the Beginning: The Next Generation of Online

Publications." Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass

Communication Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 6 August 1998.

_______. "Sex, Lies and Contemporary History: The Necessary Discomforts of

Sallie Tisdale's Literary Journalism." Presented at American Journalism

Historians Association Annual Conference, University of South Alabama,

Mobile, AL, 16 October 1997.

_______. "Integrating the Student Magazine into the Journalism Curriculum."

Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 1 August 1997.

_______. "Whither the Internet? Historical Models of Media Evolution."

Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 30 July 1997.

_______. "New Media, New Methods, New Mentalities: The Cultural Implications

of Technological Change." Presented at American Journalism Historians

Association Annual Conference, University of Western Ontario, London,

Ontario, 4 October 1996.

_______. "Using the Internet in a Magazine Prototype Class." Presented at

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual

Conference, Anaheim, CA, 13 August 1996.

_______. "The Need for Interpretation: The Future of Online Historical

Scholarship." Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass

Communication Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, 12 August 1996.

_______. "A Current Overview: Journalism History in the Larger World of Online

Scholarship." Presented at American Journalism Historians Association Annual

Conference, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 30 September 1995.

_______. "Magazine-Made America: Uncertain Mirrors of the Sociocultural

Reality, 1945-1995." Presented at American Journalism Historians Association

Annual Conference, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 30 September 1995.

_______. "A New Sense of Place: The Emerging Role of Online Scholarship in

Journalism History." Presented at Association for Education in Journalism

and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 11 August 1995.

_______. "The Times of the Times: Historical Models for Stylistic Change."

Presented at American Journalism Historians Association Annual Conference,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Roanoke, VA, 8 October 1994.

_______. "Davids and Goliaths: The Economic Restructuring of the Postwar

Magazine Industry, 1950-1970." Presented at Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, 14

August 1993.

_______. "Who Reads What: The Implications of Gender and Readership."

Presented at Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and

Gender Conference, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 16 October 1992.

_______. "A Quantitative Analysis of U.S. Consumer Magazines: Baseline Study

and Gender Determinants." Presented at Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, 5

August 1992.

_______. "The Rise of the Special-Interest Magazine in 'The Other 1960s': An

Economic and Sociocultural History." Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1992.

_______. "The Role of Reader Gender as an Economic Determinant in U.S. Consumer Magazines." Communication Institute for Online Scholarship Research Database, (September 1991): <http://www.cios.org/getfile\magstats_article>.

_______. "Academic-Professional Interaction: Magazine Journalism in the

Electronic Age." Presented at AEJMC Magazine Division Conference, William

and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA, 4 April 1991.

REVIEWS

_______ and Eddy, Nathan. "Magazines that Make History: Their Origins,

Development and Influence" and "The Layers of Magazine Editing." (review).

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator: 60:4 (Winter 2005-2006), 441-443.

_______. "Anti-Intellectualism in American Media." (review). American Journalism

21:3 (Summer 2004): 110-111.

_______. "Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the American News Media." (review).

J-History (18 January 2003): <http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~jhistory>.

_______. "The Electronic Grapevine: Rumor, Reputation and Reporting in the New

On-Line Environment." (review). American Journalism 16:3 (Summer 1999): 115-

117

_______. "Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American

Literature." (review). Journalism History 24:2 (Summer 1998): 83-84.

_______. "A Love Affair with Life and Smithsonian." (review). American

Journalism 13:1 (Winter 1996): 514-515.

_______. "The Dream of New Social Order: Popular Magazines in America, 1893-

1914." (review). Journalism History 21:4 (Winter 1995-1996):174-175.

_______. "Muddy Boots and Red Socks: A Reporters Life, and My Times:

Adventures in the News Trade." (review). American Journalism 12:2 (Spring

1995): 171-172.

_______. "Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word." (review).

Journalism Quarterly 71:3 (Autumn 1994): 736.

_______. "New York Days." (review). American Journalism 11:4 (Fall 1994): 287-

289.

_______. "Ruthless Criticism: New Perspectives in U.S. Communications

History." (review). Journalism Educator 49:2 (Summer 1994): 89.

_______. "Where My Heart Is Turning Ever: Civil War Stories and Constitutional

Reform, 1861-1876." (review). Journalism History 20:1 (Spring 1994): 39-40.

_______. "West of Eden: Writers in Hollywood, 1928-1940." (review). American

Journalism 11:2 (Spring 1994): 182-183.

_______. "The Reporter Who Would Be King: A Biography of Richard Harding

Davis." (review). American Journalism 10:3-4 (Summer-Fall 1993): 125-127.

_______. "Left Letters: The Culture Wars of Mike Gold and Joseph Freeman."

(review). American Journalism 10:3-4 (Summer-Fall 1993): 100-101.

_______. "The Power of News: The History of Reuters." (review). Journalism

History 19:1 (Spring 1993): 35-36.

ACTIVITIES/SERVICE TO SCHOOL

STANDING COMMITTEE SERVICE

2003-2006 Member, Curriculum Committee, Medill School of Journalism,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

2003-present Chair, Summer Reading Project Committee, Medill School of

Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

2000-present Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Medill School of

Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1999-2000 Member, Curriculum Committee, Medill School of Journalism,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1997-2003 Member, Graduate Admissions and Scholarships Committee, Medill

School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1997-1998 Member, Inquiry Honors Program Subcommittee, Medill School of

Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1997-1998 Member, Inquiry Long-Range Planning Committee, Medill School of

Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1994-1997 Member, Curriculum Committee, Medill School of Journalism,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1994-1996 Member, Search Committee, Medill School of Journalism,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1994-1996 Member, Technology Committee, Medill School of Journalism,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

AD HOC SERVICE TO SCHOOL

1998-present Faculty Adviser, Teaching Magazine Program, Medill School of

Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1997-present Founder and Organizer, Faculty Research Colloquium, Medill

School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1995-present Screening Jury Member, John Bartlow Martin Award for Public-

Interest Magazine Journalism, Magazine Publishing Program,

Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston,

IL.

1995-present Ad Hoc Screening Faculty Member, William Randolph Hearst

Journalism Awards Entries, Medill School of Journalism,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

1994-2001 Ad Hoc Coordinator, Graduate Admissions, Magazine Publishing

Program, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University,

Evanston, IL.

1994-present Faculty Adviser, Undergraduate and Graduate Students (including

placement advisement), Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern

University, Evanston, IL.

1994-2002 Co-Editor, Magazines @ Medill Newsletter, Magazine Publishing

Program, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University,

Evanston, IL.

ORGANIZER, MEDILL FACULTY COLLOQUIUM

David Abrahamson and Frank Mulhern, "Research 101: An Easy Introduction to the World of Scholarly Research," 21 November 2007.

Bob McClory, "The Agony of Creation: So You Want to Write a Book!" 17 October May 2007.

Ellen Blum Barish, "Writing about Motherhood: Wrapping a Woman's Life Around the Lives of her Children," 2 May 2007.

John Calkins, "Recent Trends in Intellectual property and Student Affairs Law," 11 April 2007.

Gerri Henderson, "'Remember Me?': Exploring the Impact of Experience on Face Perception and Recognition," 7 March 2007.

Gary Swanson, "What Informed Chinese Know about America," 7 February 2007.

Sarah Pritchard, "Current Trends in University Libraries," 10 January 2007.

Michele Bitoun, "Global Research by Medill Undergrads," 6 December 2006.

Ava Greenwell, "How I Spent my summer at CBS2Chicago,com," 8 November 2006.

Joe Mathewson, "Defending Press Freedom: Are the States, Not Washington, the Answer?" 4 October 2006.

Rich Gordon, "How New Technologies Disrupt the Media Business," 5 June 2006.

Craig Lamay, "Exporting Press Freedom," 10 May 2006.

Doug Foster, "Why South Africa?" 8 March 2006.

Clarke Caywood, "Using Artificial Intelligence to Track and Read Content of Worldwide Media," 15 February 2006.

Michele Weldon, "Everyone's News," 18 January 2006.

Janice Castro, " The Art and Science of Course Revision," 16 November 2005.

Martin Block, " "Implementing a Media Consumption Model," 19 October 2005.

Rich Gordon, "The Internet: The First 10 Years, The Next 10 Years,"

28 September 2005.

Jon Marshall, "Blogs, Pods and Camera Phones," 18 May 2005.

Michele Bitoun, "Reporting from India in Words and Pictures," 20

April 2005.

Jon Ziomek, "Transparency in the Newsroom," 16 February 2005.

Ava Greenwell, "Medill: What We Now Know About Ourselves," 10 November 2004.

Jack Doppelt, Janice Castro, Patti Wolter, "Are You Ready for Google?" 29 September 2004.

Alex Kotlowitz, "Where Do Ideas for Books Come From?" 19 May 2004.

Lee Huebner, "The New Globalism: The New York Times and the Future of the International Herald Tribune," 14 April 2004.

David Abrahamson, "Visions of the American Press," 10 March 2004.

Loren Ghiglione, "Strategic Planning," 11 February 2004.

Pam Cytrynbaum, "Coming Up Friends: A Memoir of Integration," 7 January 2004

Rohit Saran, "Indian Media: The Most Free. The Most Read. The Most Insecure," 3 December 2003.

Tom Goldstein, "Thinking About Journalism: Letting Outsiders In," 5 November 2003.

Michele Weldon, "Paper Has More Patience: The Pesonal and Universal Significance of Writing Family Stories, " 15 October 2003.

Kristian Hammond, "Beyond Broadcast: Using Broadcast News as a Source for Online Information Gathering," 4 June 2003.

Abe Peck and Clarke Caywood, "Consider Consulting," 14 May 2003.

Newton Minow, Martin Block, Ed Malthouse and Craig Lamay, "Data-Mining: Vast Potential and Privacy Concerns," 23 April 2003.

Eric Kinenberg, "Feeling the Heat, Missing the Story", 26 February 2003.

Joe Angotti, Rich Gordon, Richard Alvarez, David Nelson and Richard Roth, "Experiments in Convergence," 12 February 2003.

Janice Castro, "The Resurgence of Visual Journalism," 15 January 2003.

Jack Doppelt, Lee Huebner, Mary Ann Weston and Bob McClory, "Medill's Global Program: The Evolving Door to Distinctiveness in Journalism Education'" 4 December 2002.

Dick Schwarzlose, Martin Block and Abe Peck, "Issues in Medill's Strategic," IL, 6 November 2002.

Mary Ann Weston and Marda Dunsky, "One Culture, Two Frameworks: U.S. Media Coverage of Arabs at Home and Abroad," 15 May 2002.