Journalism

Faking the News, edited by ASU alum Ryan Skinnell

Faking the News

Subtitle
What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump

Edited by Ryan Skinnell

Donald J. Trump's speaking and writing invite passionate reactions — maybe he’s a bluecollar, billionaire hero who speaks the language of the common man or maybe he’s a gleefully…

Cover of Doe by Aimée Baker

Doe

Aimée Baker

"Doe" began as author Aimée Baker's attempt to understand and process the news coverage of a single unidentified woman whose body was thrown from a car leaving Phoenix, Arizona. It soon…

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Encounters in the Victorian Press

Subtitle
Editors, Authors, Readers

Edited by Julie F. Codell and Laurel Brake

"Encounters in the Victorian Press" focuses on the unique characteristic of the Victorian periodical press — its development of encounters between and among readers, editors, and authors…

Cover of Disorder in the Court by Andrea L. Alden

Disorder in the Court

Subtitle
Morality, Myth, and the Insanity Defense

Andrea L. Alden

The first book-length rhetorical history and analysis of the insanity defense, considered one of the most controversial, most misunderstood, and least straightforward subjects in the…

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There's No Crying in Newsrooms

Subtitle
What Women Have Learned about What It Takes to Lead

Kristin Grady Gilger and Julia Wallace

Foreword by   Campbell Brown

"There’s No Crying in Newsrooms" tells the stories of remarkable women who broke through barrier after barrier at media organizations around the country over the past four decades. They…

Cover of Bodies Built for Game edited by Natalie Diaz

Bodies Built for Game

Subtitle
The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing

Edited by Natalie Diaz and Hannah Ensor

Sport has always been central to the movements of both the nation-state and the people who resist that nation-state. Think of the Roman Colosseum, Jesse Owens’ four gold-medal victories…

Book cover for "Imagined Audiences"

Imagined Audiences

Subtitle
How Journalists Perceive and Pursue the Public

Jacob L. Nelson

Many believe the solution to ongoing crises in the news industry — including profound financial instability and public distrust--is for journalists to improve their relationship with…