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About James Kates

James Kates is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has worked as an editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other publications.

James Kates is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has worked as an editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other publications.

NBN Episodes hosted by James:

Media October 11, 2023

Inside Wikipedia

How It Works and How You Can Be an Editor

Paul A. Thomas

Hosted by James Kates
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In this book, Paul A. Thomas—a seasoned Wikipedia contributor who has accrued about 60,000 edits since he started editing in 2007—breaks down the history of the free encyclopedia and explains …
General History August 30, 2023

Americans in a World at War

Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper

Brooke L. Blower

Hosted by James Kates
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On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways’ celebrated seaplane—the Yankee Clipper—took off from New York and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it …
Journalism June 24, 2023

Get the Damn Story

Homer Bigart and the Great Age of American Newspapers

Thomas W. Lippman

Hosted by James Kates
Listen:
In the decades between the Great Depression and the advent of cable television, when daily newspapers set the conversational agenda in the United States, the best reporter in the business …
Media May 19, 2023

City of Newsmen

Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington

Kathryn J. McGarr

Hosted by James Kates
Kathryn McGarr’s City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington (U Chicago Press, 2022) explores foreign policy journalism in Washington during and after World War II—a …
Journalism April 4, 2017

Charles K. McClatchy and the Golden Era of American Journalism

Steven M. Avella

Hosted by James Kates
Charles K. (CK) McClatchy was a towering figure in the making of Sacramento and the inland empire he liked to call Superior California. As editor of the Sacramento Bee from …
Journalism November 12, 2016

How Journalists Use Twitter

The Changing Landscape of U.S. Newsrooms

Alecia Swasy

Hosted by James Kates
With messages limited to 140 characters, Twitter once drew skepticism, even scorn, from journalists who saw little role for the social-media platform in their work. But as Alecia Swasy demonstrates …
Journalism November 6, 2016

Media, Millennials, and Politics

The Coming of Age of the Next Political Generation

Alison N. Novak

Hosted by James Kates
The millennial generation (those born from 1980 through the beginning of the 21st century) now comprises the largest voting bloc in the American electorate. In Media, Millennials, and Politics: The …
Journalism October 14, 2016

Deciding What's True

The Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism

Lucas Graves

Hosted by James Kates
In a fragmented media world where anyone can speak, professional journalists are no longer the "gatekeepers" who decide what the public will see and hear. Instead, citizens are barraged with …