Journalism, TOD-WIL
Extra, extra! Although the content and style of journalism and the medium through which it is delivered have varied significantly over the years, journalism has always given us a way to keep up with current events, so that we always have our fingers on the pulse.
Journalism Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Today in History—June 17: The Day “Watergate” Became Synonymous with Scandal
On June 18, 1972, The Washington Post published its first story about a break-in at the Democratic National Committee......
Today in History—June 2: Elizabeth II Is Crowned—and Jackie Kennedy Covers It
On June 2, 1953, a 27-year-old Elizabeth II rode to Westminster Abbey in a gilded coach for her coronation, passing......
Today in History—November 14: Nellie Bly Begins Her Race Around the World
At 9:40 am on this day in 1889, American journalist Nellie Bly set off from New York Harbor aboard a luxury ocean......
Today in History—November 1: Ebony Magazine Is Published
What if there were a magazine like Life or Look with beautiful, immersive photography, comprehensive coverage of......
Today in History—October 27: A Newspaper Brings Down Boss Tweed
The arrest of Tammany Hall leader William Magear “Boss” Tweed on this day in 1871 marked a turning point in one......
Todd, Mabel Loomis
Mabel Loomis Todd was an American writer and editor who was largely responsible for editing the first posthumously......
Toland, John
John Toland was a controversial Irish-born British freethinker whose rationalist philosophy forced church historians......
Tolkien, J.R.R.
J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and......
Tomlinson, Charles
Charles Tomlinson was an English poet whose best work expresses his perceptions of the world with clarity and sensitivity.......
Torga, Miguel
Miguel Torga was a poet and diarist whose forceful and highly individual literary style and treatment of universal......
Torrence, Ridgely
Ridgely Torrence was a U.S. poet and playwright who wrote some of the first serious, accurate dramas of black life.......
Torres Bodet, Jaime
Jaime Torres Bodet was a Mexican poet, novelist, educator, and statesman. Torres Bodet studied law and literature......
Toynbee, Philip
Philip Toynbee was an English writer and editor best known for novels that experiment with time and symbolical......
Traill, Thomas Stewart
Thomas Stewart Traill was a Scottish professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh from 1832,......
travel journalism
travel journalism, a field of journalism encompassing communication about journeys beyond one’s immediate surroundings.......
Trendelenburg, Friedrich Adolf
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg was a German philologist, educator, prolific writer, and controversial philosopher......
Trevor-Roper, Hugh, Baron Dacre of Glanton
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton was a British historian and scholar noted for his works on aspects of......
Triclinius, Demetrius
Demetrius Triclinius was a Byzantine scholar of the Palaeologan era, who edited the works of the ancient Greek......
Trotter, William Monroe
William Monroe Trotter was an African American journalist and vocal advocate of racial equality in the early 20th......
Tsubouchi Shōyō
Tsubouchi Shōyō was a playwright, novelist, critic, and translator who occupied a prominent position in Japanese......
Turow, Scott
Scott Turow is an American lawyer and best-selling writer known for crime and suspense novels dealing with law......
Twain, Mark
Mark Twain was an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired international fame for his......
Tyrwhitt, Thomas
Thomas Tyrwhitt was an English scholar especially notable for his work on the medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.......
Tytler, James
James Tytler was a Scottish editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica’s second edition, who was sometimes called “Balloon......
Tönnies, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Tönnies was a German sociologist whose theory reconciled the organic and social-contract conceptions......
Ulrich von Hutten
Ulrich von Hutten was a Franconian knight and humanist, famed as a German patriot, satirist, and supporter of Martin......
Underhill, Evelyn
Evelyn Underhill was an English mystical poet and author of such works as Mysticism (1911), The Mystic Way (1913),......
Untermeyer, Louis
Louis Untermeyer was an American poet, essayist, and editor who is best known for his numerous poetry anthologies.......
Vadianus, Joachim
Joachim Vadianus was a Swiss religious reformer and one of the most important native Swiss Humanists. Crowned poet......
Vallès, Jules
Jules Vallès was a French socialist journalist and novelist, founder of Le Cri du Peuple (1871), which became one......
Van Allen, James A.
James A. Van Allen was an American physicist, whose discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts, two zones of radiation......
Van Dine, S.S.
S.S. Van Dine was an American critic, editor, and author of a series of best-selling detective novels featuring......
Van Duyn, Mona
Mona Van Duyn was an American poet noted for her examination of the daily lives of ordinary people and for mixing......
Van Rensselaer, Mariana Alley Griswold
Mariana Alley Griswold Van Rensselaer was an American writer and critic who is perhaps best remembered for her......
Vargas Llosa, Mario
Mario Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian Spanish writer who was one of the most influential authors of contemporary literature,......
Vargas, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Vargas is an American television journalist best known as a coanchor of the ABC (American Broadcasting......
Varro, Marcus Terentius
Marcus Terentius Varro was Rome’s greatest scholar and a satirist of stature, best known for his Saturae Menippeae......
Vedel, Anders Sørensen
Anders Sørensen Vedel was a Danish historian and ballad collector who translated the Gesta Danorum of the medieval......
Verri, Pietro
Pietro Verri was a political economist, journalist, government official, leader of a Milanese academy, and author......
Verwey, Albert
Albert Verwey was a Dutch poet, scholar, and literary historian who played an important role in the literary life......
Veuillot, Louis
Louis Veuillot was an author and leader within France of extreme Ultramontanism, a movement advocating absolute......
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller
Metta Victoria Fuller Victor was an American writer of popular fiction who is remembered as the author of many......
Vidal de La Blache, Paul
Paul Vidal de La Blache was a French geographer who had a profound influence on the development of modern geography.......
Vieira da Cruz, Tomaz
Tomaz Vieira da Cruz was a Portuguese poet, musician, and journalist best known for the poems he dedicated to the......
Vieira, Meredith
Meredith Vieira is an American television personality and journalist, best known as coanchor (2006–11) of the morning......
Vigfússon, Gudbrandur
Gudbrandur Vigfússon was one of the 19th century’s foremost scholars of Old Norse, who completed the Richard Cleasby......
Vijayan, O.V.
O.V. Vijayan was an Indian cartoonist, pioneering novelist and short-story writer, and a leading figure in Malayalam......
Villard, Henry
Henry Villard was a U.S. journalist and financier, who became one of the major United States railroad and electric......
Vincent Of Beauvais
Vincent Of Beauvais was a French scholar and encyclopaedist whose Speculum majus (“Great Mirror”) was probably......
Viner, Katharine
Katharine Viner is a British journalist and editor who became the first woman to serve as editor in chief (2015–......
Vinje, Aasmund Olafson
Aasmund Olafson Vinje was a poet and journalist who wrote some of the finest lyric poems in Norwegian literature.......
Virchow, Rudolf
Rudolf Virchow was a German pathologist and statesman, one of the most prominent physicians of the 19th century.......
Visscher, Anna
Anna Visscher was a Dutch poet and daughter of the Renaissance man of letters Roemer Visscher. She was admired......
Vitier, Cintio
Cintio Vitier was a Cuban poet, anthologist, critic, and scholar of Cuban poetry. Vitier began as a writer of extremely......
Vittorini, Elio
Elio Vittorini was a novelist, translator, and literary critic, the author of outstanding novels of Italian Neorealism......
Voss, Johann Heinrich
Johann Heinrich Voss was a German poet remembered chiefly for his translations of Homer. Voss was the son of a......
vox pop
vox pop, in broadcast journalism, a term referring to both a type of interview and a structuring element. In Latin,......
Vreeland, Diana
Diana Vreeland was an American editor and fashion expert whose dramatic personality and distinctive tastes marked......
Vörösmarty, Mihály
Mihály Vörösmarty was a poet and dramatist who helped make the literature of Hungary truly Hungarian during the......
Walker, David
David Walker was an African American abolitionist whose pamphlet Appeal…to the Colored Citizens of the World… (1829),......
Wallace, DeWitt
DeWitt Wallace was an American publisher and philanthropist who, with his wife, Lila Bell Acheson, created and......
Wallace, Mike
Mike Wallace was an American television interviewer and reporter who was best known for his work on the TV news......
Waller, Max
Max Waller was a Belgian lyric poet who founded the review La Jeune Belgique (1881–97; “Young Belgium”), the leading......
Walrond, Eric
Eric Walrond was a Caribbean writer who was associated with the Harlem Renaissance literary movement in New York......
Walter Of Coventry
Walter Of Coventry was an English monk or friar, compiler of historical materials, best known for his collection......
Walter, John, I
John Walter, I was the English founder of The Times, London, and of a family that owned the newspaper for almost......
Walters, Barbara
Barbara Walters was a pioneering American journalist who was the first woman to cohost the Today show and the first......
Wang Tao
Wang Tao was one of the pioneers of modern journalism in China and an early leader of the movement to reform traditional......
war correspondents
War correspondents provide accurate, reliable, and firsthand reports of armed conflicts, military operations and......
Ward, Artemus
Artemus Ward was one of the most popular 19th-century American humorists, whose lecture techniques exercised much......
Ward, Jesmyn
Jesmyn Ward is one of the most acclaimed American writers of the 21st century, publishing novels and nonfiction......
Ward, Nathaniel
Nathaniel Ward was a Puritan minister and writer. Forced to leave his native England at a time of Puritan persecution,......
Warlock, Peter
Peter Warlock was an English composer, critic, and editor known for his songs and for his exemplary editions of......
Warner, Sylvia Townsend
Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English writer who began her self-proclaimed “accidental career” as a poet after......
Warren, Robert Penn
Robert Penn Warren was an American novelist, poet, critic, and teacher, best-known for his treatment of moral dilemmas......
Ważyk, Adam
Adam Ważyk was a Polish poet and novelist who began his career as a propagandist for Stalinism but ended as one......
Webb, Gary
Gary Webb was an American investigative journalist who wrote a three-part series for the San Jose Mercury News......
Wedekind, Frank
Frank Wedekind was a German actor and dramatist who became an intense personal force in the German artistic world......
Weed, Thurlow
Thurlow Weed was an American journalist and politician who helped form the Whig Party in New York. Weed learned......
Weegee
Weegee was a photojournalist noted for his gritty yet compassionate images of the aftermath of New York street......
Weiss, Bari
Bari Weiss is an American opinion journalist who has written for publications including The Wall Street Journal......
Wells, Emmeline Blanche Woodward
Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells was an American religious leader and feminist who made use of her editorship of......
Wells, Ida B.
Born into slavery, Ida B. Wells would in her lifetime become the most famous Black woman in the United States for......
Wendt, Albert
Albert Wendt is a Samoan novelist and poet who wrote about present-day Samoan life. Perhaps the best-known writer......
West, Rebecca
Rebecca West was a British journalist, novelist, and critic, who was perhaps best known for her reports on the......
Weöres, Sándor
Sándor Weöres was a Hungarian poet who wrote imaginative lyrical verse that encompassed a wide range of techniques......
White, E.B.
E.B. White was an American essayist, author, and literary stylist, whose eloquent, unaffected prose appealed to......
White, Joseph Blanco
Joseph Blanco White was a Spanish-born English poet, journalist, and writer of miscellaneous prose. He was a friend......
White, Minor
Minor White was an American photographer and editor whose efforts to extend photography’s range of expression greatly......
White, Theodore H.
Theodore H. White was an American journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for his astute, suspenseful accounts......
White, William Allen
William Allen White was an American journalist known as the “Sage of Emporia,” whose mixture of tolerance, optimism,......
Whitney, John Hay
John Hay Whitney was an American multimillionaire and sportsman who had a multifaceted career as a publisher, financier,......
Whitney, William Dwight
William Dwight Whitney was an American linguist and one of the foremost Sanskrit scholars of his time, noted especially......
Whittelsey, Abigail Goodrich
Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey was an American editor whose mission in her magazine work was to provide information......
Whittemore, Reed
Reed Whittemore was an American teacher and poet noted for his free-flowing ironic verse. Whittemore cofounded......
Whittier, John Greenleaf
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet and abolitionist who, in the latter part of his life, shared with......
Widmann, Joseph Viktor
Joseph Viktor Widmann was a Swiss writer, editor, and critic. Widmann settled in Switzerland early in life. As......
Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Ulrich von
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was a German classical scholar and teacher whose studies advanced knowledge......
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American poet and journalist who is perhaps best remembered for verse tinged with an......
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American author of children’s fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest.......