Mitchell Stephens is a professor of journalism whose work delves into the evolving nature of news and media. His writings explore the historical trajectory of journalism, the impact of visual culture on communication, and the profound influence of atheism on shaping the modern world. Driven by a spirit of exploration akin to Lowell Thomas, Stephens has ventured far and wide, weaving his experiences into his insightful analyses of our contemporary media landscape.
Lowell Thomas was as well known in his time as any American journalist ever has been. Raised in a Colorado gold-rush town, Thomas covered crimes and scandals for local then Chicago newspapers. He began lecturing on Alaska, after spending eight days in Alaska. Then he assigned himself to report on World War I and returned with an exclusive.
A provocative, historically based argument that digital-era journalists need to aspire to much more than simply reporting the news.
Surveys the development of journalism, looks at how news has been gathered and disseminated, and describes the ways journalists have described particular news stories