Martin Conboy is Professor of Journalism History at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is also co-director of the Centre for the Study of Journalism and History based in Sheffield. Research interests include the representation of national identity, popular journalism and celebrity culture. He is the author of six books on the language and history of journalism and is on the editorial boards of Journalism Studies, Media History, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism and Memory Studies. He is also co-editor of the book series Journalism Studies: Key Texts.

This book examines the various ways in which journalism uses history and historical sources in order to better understand the relationships between journalists, historians and journalism scholars. It was originally published as a special issue of Journalism Practice.

Preface Bob Franklin Foreword Anthony Delano 1. How journalism uses history Martin Conboy 2. A Reservoir of Understanding: Why journalism needs history as a thematic field Horst Pöttker 3. Are Journalists Always Wrong: And are historians always right? Chris Daley 4. Teaching Journalism History to Journalists Andie Tucher 5. Broadsheets, Broadcasts and Botany Bay: History in the Australian media Bridget Griffen-Foley 6. The Presence of the Past: The uses of history in the discourses of contemporary South African journalism Herman Wassermann 7. Framing Revolution and Re-framing Counter Revolution: History, context and journalism in the new left-wing Latin American paradigm Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Olga Guedes Bailey and Andres Cañizalez