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- Title
The Heyday of the Labor Beat.
- Authors
Witwer, David
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of labor journalism and the labor beat in the U.S. from the 1930s through the 1950s, with a focus on the interaction between labor, journalism, and the formation of public opinion on labor and the union movement. Topics include mass media reporters and their employment by large-scale news agencies, reporters covering labor issues in contemporary newspapers, and workplace issues. Additional information is presented on working-class Americans and political aspects of organized labor.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LABOR journalism; LABOR movement; HISTORY of American journalism; REPORTERS &; reporting; LABOR unions; JOURNALISTS; LABOR unions &; mass media; PRESS; PRESS &; politics -- History; JOURNALISM &; politics; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY; HISTORY of labor unions
- Publication
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 2, p9
- ISSN
1547-6715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/15476715-2071679