Dr. Stephanie SeulMar 9

On #InternationalWomensDay, I wrote a piece commemorating Avis Waterman, the forgotten war correspondent of The Times. Appointed Milan Correspondent in May 1915, during 1915-17 she was attached to the Italian army & reported about the fighting between Italy & Austria-Hungary in the Trentino and on the Isonzo.

After #WWI she fell into oblivion & died impoverished & lonely in Paris in 1939.

#Women
#Journalism
#WarReporting
#WomensHistory
#JournalismHistory
#MediaHistory
https://stephanieseul.com/2026/03/avis-waterman/

Avis Waterman: The Woman who Covered the First World War on the Italian Front for "The Times" - Stephanie Seul % %

During the First World War, a woman defied the odds and became a foreign and war correspondent for The Times of London, one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in the world. %

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BrewminateJul 17, 2025

The press wasn’t born to tell the truth — it was born to serve power.

From kings to corporations, journalism has always had a master.

📖 The history might surprise you:

https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-journalism-since-the-16th-century/

#Brewminate #JournalismHistory #MediaStudies

A History of Journalism since the 16th Century

The history of journalism spans the growth of technology, marked by the advent of techniques for gathering and disseminating information.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas
Show thread🕵️old klezmers🎻Jul 26, 2024

"The plane she was riding crashed while landing in Amsterdam; Clyman was injured but survived and recovered.

From 1938 to 1941, she worked in Montreal as a correspondent for London Daily Express, and then moved to New York, where she led a quiet life until she died in 1981."
#JournalismHistory #Journalism

Dr. Stephanie SeulFeb 21, 2024
Totally exhausted after 8 working days in the archive in London, researching a female war correspondent of the First World War. I found an incredible amount of material and look forward to writing the history of this fascinating woman. But my eyes hurt from reading the microfilms 😭
#FirstWorldWar #WomenWarReporters #mediahistory #communicationhistory #journalismhistory #archives
MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 Oct 29, 2023

#UnconventionalJournalists: #Wolfe, #Kanafani and #GarcíaMárquez | #TheListeningPost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMz57wsSl8

#journalism #journalismhistory #history

Unconventional journalists: Wolfe, Kanafani and García Márquez | The Listening Post

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Simon ApplefordSep 11, 2023
Looking for some fun reading for this weekend? Drawing Liberalism: Herblock's Political Cartoons in Postwar America is currently 57% off at Amazon! #comics #herblock #politicalcartoons #comicsstudies #postwar #editorialillustration #editorialcartoon #editorialcartooning #americanstudies #journalismhistory
mjfuhlhageSep 7, 2023
The Gadget arrived today! At last, I can hold in my hands a copy of my obsession of the last two and a half years! Perhaps unadvisedly, I made the unboxing into my first TikTok. But well, there it is! It's the brainchild of the awesome Dr. Melita M. Garza and the work of our co-editor Dr. Tracy Lucht, myself, and a host of #journalismhistory all-stars. #journalism #media #massmedia #communication #history #academicchatter #academicmastodon
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003245131/routledge-companion-american-journalism-history-melita-garza-michael-fuhlhage-tracy-lucht
The Routledge Companion to American Journalism History | Melita M. Gar

The Routledge Companion to American Journalism History revisits media history across forms, formats, and multiple fault lines, including gender, ethnicity,

Taylor & Francis
Show threadDaniel Carkner🦆Jun 25, 2023
The publisher's preface to the #Indonesian language translation also mentions that they tried in vain to locate Ang's living relatives and finally decided to publish anyways. #Indonesia #JournalismHistory
Show threadDaniel Carkner🦆Jun 25, 2023
I tried looking up his son(s) to see if they were still alive, or had any identifiable relatives in Ontario, but had no luck. Before seeing this passage I thought maybe it would be cool to locate the English manuscript, but that seems less likely ... I do have the Indonesian translation (based on the Chinese translation afaik; I knew someone who knew the Indonesian publisher who unfortunately ignored my questions.) Anyhow such a fascinating figure. #JournalismHistory #Indonesia #Newspapers
Daniel Carkner🦆Jun 25, 2023
This guy Ang Jan Goan has fascinated me for about 5 years. He was a high profile leftist Indonesian journalist / newspaper editor who emigrated to Toronto, where his son lived, after the 1966 purges. He wrote his memoir in English but it was only published in Chinese (and much later in Indonesian).
For a while I was wondering where the English manuscript ended up until last year when I came across this footnote in a dissertation:
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fec08a55-cd84-4a25-a4c3-5347d62a785b/content
#Indonesia #JournalismHistory