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.
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)
2017 Palmegiano Prize
Amelia Bonea, Univ. of Oxford
The News of Empire: Telegraphy, Journalism, and the Politics of Reporting in Colonial India, c. 1830-1900 (Oxford Univ. Press)
This book is a groundbreaking study of the development of journalism in India during the colonial period that pays close attention to the intersections of technology, national and global politics, and culture. It is highly original, richly detailed, and thoroughly engaged with multiple strands of historical scholarship.