Journalism, LIE-MCC
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
Lieber, Francis
Francis Lieber was a German-born U.S. political philosopher and jurist, best known for formulating the “laws of......
Liebknecht, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Liebknecht was a German socialist, close associate of Karl Marx, and later cofounder of the German Social......
lifestyle journalism
Lifestyle sections generally were introduced into American daily newspapers in the 1970s and typically evolved......
Lima Barreto, Afonso Henriques de
Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, short-story writer, and an aggressive social......
Limbaugh, Rush
Rush Limbaugh was an American radio personality and author known for his ultraconservative and often controversial......
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang was a prolific writer of a wide variety of works in Chinese and English; in the 1930s he founded several......
Lindegren, Erik
Erik Lindegren was a Swedish modernist poet who made a major contribution to the development of a new Swedish poetry......
Lineker, Gary
Gary Lineker is an English retired football (soccer) player and sports broadcaster. A prolific striker for both......
Ling, Lisa
Lisa Ling is an American journalist and television personality who cohosted (1999–2002) The View, a daytime talk......
Linguet, Simon-Nicolas-Henri
Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet was a French journalist and lawyer whose delight in taking views opposing everyone......
Linklater, Eric
Eric Linklater was a British novelist, poet, and historical writer noted for his satiric wit. Linklater began studying......
Liouville, Joseph
Joseph Liouville was a French mathematician known for his work in analysis, differential geometry, and number theory......
Lippmann, Walter
Walter Lippmann was an American newspaper commentator and author who in a 60-year career made himself one of the......
Lipsius, Justus
Justus Lipsius was a Flemish humanist, classical scholar, and moral and political theorist. Appointed to the chair......
liveblogging
Liveblogs are a news format that is native to the Web and is now an established part of the news ecology in many......
Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore was an American suffragist and reformer who believed that woman being able to vote would......
Lloyd, Henry Demarest
Henry Demarest Lloyd was a U.S. journalist whose exposés of the abuses of industrial monopolies are classics of......
local journalism
Local journalism is broadly defined as a professional practice and a product that is specific to a geographic area......
Locke, Alain
Alain Locke was an American educator, writer, and philosopher, best remembered as the leader and chief interpreter......
Lockhart, John Gibson
John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish critic, novelist, and biographer, best remembered for his Life of Sir Walter......
Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer who in 1868 discovered in the Sun’s atmosphere a previously......
Lodge, Thomas
Thomas Lodge was an English poet, dramatist, and prose writer whose innovative versatility typified the Elizabethan......
longform journalism
Longform journalism is a relatively recent name for a journalistic genre that goes by many names: literary journalism,......
Lorant, Stefan
Stefan Lorant was a Hungarian-born American editor, author, and pioneer in photojournalism who is also well known......
Lorimer, George Horace
George Horace Lorimer was an American editor of The Saturday Evening Post, during whose long tenure (May 17, 1899–January......
Loudon, John Claudius
John Claudius Loudon was a Scottish landscape gardener and architect. Loudon was the most influential horticultural......
Lovejoy, Elijah P.
Elijah P. Lovejoy was an American newspaper editor and martyred abolitionist who died in defense of his right to......
Lowell, Amy
Amy Lowell was an American critic, lecturer, and a leading poet of the Imagist school. Lowell came from a prominent......
Lowell, James Russell
James Russell Lowell was an American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose major significance probably......
Lu Hsiu-ching
Lu Hsiu-ching was a scholar of Taoism in South China who edited the revealed Ling-pao scriptures that became the......
Luce, Henry
Henry Luce was an American magazine publisher who built a publishing empire on Time, Fortune, and Life magazines,......
Lucian
Lucian was an ancient Greek rhetorician, pamphleteer, and satirist. One is entirely dependent on Lucian’s writings......
Ludwig, Jack
Jack Ludwig was a Canadian writer who produced three novels but was perhaps best known for his short stories and......
Lundkvist, Artur
Artur Lundkvist was a Swedish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Lundkvist grew up in a rural community, where......
Lundy, Benjamin
Benjamin Lundy was an American publisher and leading abolitionist in the 1820s and ’30s. Born to Quaker parents,......
Lurie, Alison
Alison Lurie was an American writer whose urbane and witty novels usually feature upper-middle-class academics......
Luṭfī al-Sayyid, Aḥmad
Aḥmad Luṭfī al-Sayyid was a journalist and lawyer, a leading spokesman for Egyptian modernism in the first half......
Lévy, Bernard-Henri
Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual who was a leading member......
Lönnrot, Elias
Elias Lönnrot was a folklorist and philologist who created the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala (1835, enlarged......
L’Estrange, Sir Roger
Sir Roger L’Estrange was one of the earliest of English journalists and pamphleteers, an ardent supporter of the......
MacArthur, Charles
Charles MacArthur was an American journalist, dramatist, and screenwriter. He was a colourful personality who is......
MacCarthy, Sir Desmond
Sir Desmond MacCarthy was an English journalist who, as a weekly columnist for the New Statesman known as the “Affable......
MacDiarmid, Hugh
Hugh MacDiarmid was the preeminent Scottish poet of the first half of the 20th century and leader of the Scottish......
MacDonagh, Donagh
Donagh MacDonagh was a poet, playwright, and balladeer, prominent representative of lively Irish entertainment......
Macdonald, Cynthia
Cynthia Macdonald was an American poet who employed a sardonic, often flippant tone and used grotesque imagery......
Macdonald, Dwight
Dwight Macdonald was an American writer and film critic. He graduated from Yale University. In the 1930s he became......
Macedo, José Agostinho de
José Agostinho de Macedo was a Portuguese didactic poet, critic, and pamphleteer notable for his acerbity. Macedo......
Macfarquhar, Colin
Colin Macfarquhar was a Scottish printer, who, with Andrew Bell, founded the Encyclopædia Britannica in 1768. A......
MacKenzie, Rachel
Rachel MacKenzie was an American editor who earned the admiration of scores of prominent writers for the skill......
Mackenzie, William Lyon
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born journalist and political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against......
Maclaren, Charles
Charles Maclaren was a Scottish journalist, editor of the 6th edition (1820–23) of the Encyclopædia Britannica......
Madden, John
John Madden was an American football coach and television commentator who was one of the best-known personalities......
Maeztu, Ramiro de
Ramiro de Maeztu was a Spanish journalist and sociopolitical theorist. Maeztu’s mother was of English origin, his......
magazine journalism
Magazine journalism refers to the practice of producing journalistic content for magazines, typically emphasizing......
Mailáth, János, Gróf
János, Count Mailáth was a Hungarian writer and historian, who interpreted Magyar culture to the Germans and who......
Malaparte, Curzio
Curzio Malaparte was a journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist, one of the most powerful, brilliant,......
Malcolm, Janet
Janet Malcolm forged a piercingly analytical brand of American journalism in a career that spanned more than five......
Malipiero, Gian Francesco
Gian Francesco Malipiero was a composer whose music represents a fusion of modern techniques with the stylistic......
Malle, Chloe
The legendary Anna Wintour is no longer the woman running Vogue magazine. On September 2, 2025, Chloe Malle, the......
Malone, Dumas
Dumas Malone was an American historian, editor, and the author of an authoritative multivolume biography of Thomas......
Malone, Edmond
Edmond Malone was an Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text......
Mangan, James Clarence
James Clarence Mangan was a prolific and uneven writer of almost every kind of verse whose best work, inspired......
Manganelli, Giorgio
Giorgio Manganelli was an Italian critical theorist and novelist, one of the leaders of the avant-garde in the......
Mangoaela, Z D
Z. D. Mangoaela was a Southern Sotho writer and folklorist whose early work set the stage for much South African......
Manley, Mary de la Riviere
Mary de la Riviere Manley was a British writer who achieved notoriety through presenting political scandal in the......
Mannes, Marya
Marya Mannes was an American writer and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life.......
Manning, Marie
Marie Manning was an American journalist, best known for her popular advice column that addressed matters of etiquette......
Mansel, Henry Longueville
Henry Longueville Mansel was a British philosopher and Anglican theologian and priest remembered for his exposition......
Mansfield, Katherine
Katherine Mansfield was a New Zealand-born English master of the short story, who evolved a distinctive prose style......
Mao Chang
Mao Chang was a Chinese scholar whose revision of and commentary on the great Confucian classic the Shijing (“Classic......
Mao Dun
Mao Dun was a Chinese literary critic and author, generally considered republican China’s greatest realist novelist.......
Marat, Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul Marat was a French politician, physician, and journalist, a leader of the radical Montagnard faction......
March, Francis Andrew
Francis Andrew March was an American language scholar and lexicographer who was a principal founder of modern comparative......
Margunios, Maximus
Maximus Margunios was a Greek Orthodox bishop and humanist exponent of Greek culture in Italy, whose attempt to......
Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux was a French dramatist, novelist, and journalist whose comedies became, after those of Molière,......
Mariátegui, José Carlos
José Carlos Mariátegui was a political leader and essayist who was the first Peruvian intellectual to apply the......
Mark, Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen Mark was an American photojournalist whose compelling empathetic images, mostly in black and white,......
Markish, Peretz
Peretz Markish was a Soviet Yiddish poet and novelist whose work extols Soviet Russia and mourns the destruction......
Marković, Svetozar
Svetozar Marković was a political writer who was largely responsible for introducing socialism into Serbia and......
Marquis, Don
Don Marquis was a U.S. newspaperman, poet, and playwright, creator of the literary characters Archy, the cockroach,......
Marsh, Sir Edward Howard
Sir Edward Howard Marsh was a scholar, civil servant, and art collector who influenced the development of contemporary......
Marshall, Paule
Paule Marshall was an American novelist whose works emphasized a need for black Americans to reclaim their African......
Marsman, Hendrik
Hendrik Marsman was one of the outstanding Dutch poets and critics active between World War I and World War II.......
Martens, Georg Friedrich von
Georg Friedrich von Martens was a Hanoverian diplomat and a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Göttingen......
Martial
Martial was a Roman poet who brought the Latin epigram to perfection and provided in it a picture of Roman society......
Martí, José
José Martí was a Cuban poet and essayist, patriot and martyr, who became the symbol of Cuba’s struggle for independence......
Martínez, Tomás Eloy
Tomás Eloy Martínez was an Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator. Martínez earned an undergraduate degree......
Marx, Karl
Karl Marx was a revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. He published (with Friedrich Engels) Manifest......
Mathis, June
June Mathis was an American scriptwriter, who helped establish the primacy of the script in American silent films.......
Matshikiza, Todd
Todd Matshikiza was a journalist, writer, and musician noted for his score for the musical play King Kong (1960)......
Matthews, Chris
Chris Matthews is an American journalist and political commentator best known as the host of Hardball with Chris......
Matthiessen, Peter
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer whose work dealt with the destructive......
Maupassant, Guy de
Guy de Maupassant was a French naturalist writer of short stories and novels who is by general agreement the greatest......
Mavor, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Mavor was a British author whose novels and nonfiction works concern relationships between women. Mavor......
Maxwell, Elsa
Elsa Maxwell was an American columnist, songwriter, and professional hostess, famous for her lavish and animated......
Mayhew, Henry
Henry Mayhew was an English journalist and sociologist, a founder of the magazine Punch (1841), who was a vivid......
Mazzini, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Mazzini was a Genoese propagandist and revolutionary, founder of the secret revolutionary society Young......
McBride, James
James McBride is an American author and musician known for his acclaimed works of historical fiction and autobiography,......
McBride, Mary Margaret
Mary Margaret McBride was an American journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best remembered for the warm down-home......
McCarthy, Mary
Mary McCarthy was an American critic and novelist whose fiction is noted for its wit and acerbity in analyzing......