Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize Recipients
The Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize in the History of Journalism is awarded annually to the author of the most outstanding book published in English on any aspect of the history of journalism, concerning any area of the world, and any period. This prize recognizes the vital contributions that journalism history has made to our understanding of the past.
2019
Phoebe Musandu, Pressing Interests: The Agenda and Influence of a Colonial East African Newspaper Sector (McGill-Queen’s Univ. Press)
2018
Julia Guarneri, Newsprint Metropolis: City Papers and the Making of Modern Americans (Univ. of Chicago Press)
2017
Amelia Bonea, The News of Empire: Telegraphy, Journalism, and the Politics of Reporting in Colonial India, c. 1830-1900 (Oxford Univ. Press)
2018 Palmegiano Prize
Julia Guarneri, University of Cambridge
Newsprint Metropolis: City Papers and the Making of Modern Americans (Univ. of Chicago Press)
A vastly rewarding study of the relationship between newspapers and cities from 1880 to 1930, Newsprint Metropolis offers fresh insight into the American urban experience. Its analysis of journalistic practices in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and Milwaukee illuminates how newspapers—including the ethnic press—served and shaped their communities. Beautifully written and illustrated, the book pays special attention to “soft” features such as comic strips, advertisements, and advice columns in the construction of a cosmopolitan consciousness.