Without the rank and file : journalism history, mediaworkers, and problems of representation / Hanno Hardt -- Discursive strategies of exclusion : the ideological construction of newsworkers / Elizabeth (Elli) Lester -- The emergence of the reporter : mechanization and the devaluation of editorial workers / Marianne Salcetti -- Cultural discourse of journalists : the material conditions of newsroom labor / Bonnie Brennen -- The site of newsroom labor : the division of editorial practices / William S. Solomon -- Words against images : positioning newswork in the age of photography / Barbie Zelizer -- Alternative visions : the intellectual heritage of nonconformist journalists in Canada / David R. Spencer -- Newsboys : the exploitation of "Little Merchants" by the newspaper industry / Jon Bekken
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What most of us know about media history begins and ends with Citizen Kane. The exploits of media moguls and visionary business leaders - these are the tales that fill media histories in the United States. What's missing is a crucial part of the picture : the rank and file of journalism, and the conditions under which they produced and participated in the business off journalism. Newsworkers supplies this side of the story. Focusing on the period from the 1850s through the 1930s, the contributors show how issues of labor and class have been far more important in the formation of media institutions than previous accounts concede. These essays recover the history of ethnic and cultural diversity - including the contributions of women - that have enriched the process of communication