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Last open access article to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Only fitting we go back to the first issue. Here's James W. Carey’s, “The Problem of Journalism History.” Enjoy the reading and submit your research to us! #journalism#media#mediahistory
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#OTD 100 years ago the BBC made its first broadcast from Belfast. Here the Northern Whig, 15 September 1924, reports on the exciting news https://t.co/K4WhTbyMRD #RadioHistory#TechnologyHistory
We just published a rare find from the archive:
A fascinating glimpse 'Behind the Scenes' (1923) of the Danish film production company Palladium🎞️📽️
An experiment by the Danish newspaper B.T. to make a film featuring only amateurs in all roles – making it very much a meta film.
@BBCentury How great to see an original advert, so here’s an actual diary for 1939. The only entry is for 3rd September “War broke out”.
Sadly this one is missing its pencil which was houses down the spine.
In today's episode from the vault, Melita Garza discusses newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants during the Great Depression years and the issues that remain in current times. https://t.co/FBFmH1yy0m
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Just found a picture of possibly the earliest BBC MoJo kit around. This is an experimental camera kit from 1957.
#mojo#history Unfortunatly the cameraman's name is lost to history