The Public Press, 1900-1945

Leonard Ray Teel

Jan 2006 · Greenwood Publishing Group

About this ebook

Annotation. This work is the fifth volume in the series, The History of American Journalism. By 1906, the nation included 45 states connected by railroads, steamships, wagon trails, the postal system, the telegraph, and the press. The continuing trends of migration and immigration into the cities supported the publication of more newspapers than at any time in the history of the country. From coast to coast, newsgathering agencies knit thousands of local newspapers into the fabric of the nation and larger metropolitan papers routinely considered the relevancy of distant news.

About the author

Leonard Ray Teel is an associate professor of communications at Georgia State University, where he founded the center for International Media Education. He has worked at CNN, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Evening Star in Washinton D. C., & the Miami Herald. His books include Erma: A Black Woman Remembers. 1912-1980 (with Erma Calderon, edited by Toni Morrison) & Into the Newsroom: An Introduction to Journalism (with Ron taylor), which has now been translated into Chinese, Arabic, & Spanish.