Category Archives: journalism

Landing a Newspaper Job; Cameraman Tells All

Posted on July 7, 2014 by

Some of my favorite “newsroom scenes” in old radio shows involve a young reporter trying to land a job. Here’s the first of a couple of episodes where the job-hunter is a would-be photojournalist. This 1947 “Crime Photographer” episode put the … Continue reading →

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Reporter had spunk, but soup-opera didn’t last long

Posted on April 24, 2014 by

Jane Endicott, Reporter — premiere, January 5, 1942: I’ve had this short-lived series  tucked away on my “Soaps and Romance” page, although these adventures of a young woman reporter are not a typical soap-opera or romance series with cliff-hanger episode endings and … Continue reading →

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A Christmas story – Superman versus the Nielsen racket

Posted on December 18, 2013 by

December 1946 — The bad guy in this Superman story isn’t threatening the world, but he could cost Clark Kent his job, and right before Christmas too! Yes, as the headline above suggests, the villain is a racketeer named Nielsen, … Continue reading →

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Reporter’s manhunt in London & Tangier

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Old-fashioned shoeleather reporting gets a good demonstration in the Europe Confidential episode called The Raymond Shortly Affair, which takes reporter Mike Connoy from his Paris office to London and from there to a Tangier nightclub and some intrigue involving a … Continue reading →

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“Storm in a Teacup” crossed Atlantic

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

The full-length 1937 film “Storm in a Teacup” is available from the Internet Archive, with Rex Harrison as a crusading young journalist and Vivien Leigh as the beautiful daughter of the smalltown dictator he crusades against. The 1948 Ford Theater … Continue reading →

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Who would want a newspaper for a wedding present?

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Two recent journalism school grads, Betty and Henry Beetle Hough, that’s who. Their adventure is explored in this week’s radio program, “Once More the Thunderer.” Some context: My “Portrayal of the journalist in popular culture” students are watching “Teacher’s Pet” this … Continue reading →

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The most beautiful newspaper reporter on radio

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

“Give me a chance, just give me a chance, and I’ll be the best male Jane Arden in the racket.” — Jerry Delaney, the newspaper’s cub reporter Jane Arden was a long-running comic strip about an adventurous “girl reporter,” pre-dating … Continue reading →

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