David W. Bulla, an associate professor at Iowa State University,
has researched primarily nineteenth-century journalism with an
emphasis on the limitations of the performance of the press. His
first book, Lincoln’s Censor, explored press suppression in Indiana
during the Civil War. Bulla earned a Ph.D. in mass communication
from the University of Florida in 2004, an M.A. in journalism from
Indiana University in 2001, and a B.A. in English from
UNC-Greensboro in 1983.
Gregory A. Borchard, an associate professor in the Hank Greenspun
School of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University
of Florida in 2003. He has published work primarily about the
antebellum press, including articles for American Journalism,
Journalism History, and reference materials about The New York
Tribune. He teaches journalism history, reporting, writing, and
methods.
«Bulla and Borchard’s analysis of newspapers during the Civil War
era shows that this was a transformative time for the press and a
perilous time for the relationship between government and the
press. The authors argue effectively that ‘the media that emerged
[from the first Modern War] laid the foundation for modern news.»
(David B. Sachsman, West Chair of Excellence and Director of the
Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press, the Civil War, and Free
Expression, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
«Bulla and Borchard have produced what has been long needed in the
study of U.S. Civil War journalism: a social and cultural history
of the American press that goes beyond anecdotal accounts of war
news. They explore the nature of the Civil War-era press itself in
all its strengths and weaknesses, ranging from political and
economic grandstanding and over-the-top verbal grandiloquence to
the sheer bravery and determination of a number of editors,
publishers, and journalists who viewed their tasks as interpreters
and informers of the day’s news. Using a mix of carefully selected
case studies as well as an extensive study of newspapers both large
and small, this highly readable work places the Civil War press
squarely where it belongs – as a part of the larger social and
cultural experience of mid-nineteenth century America.» (Mary M.
Cronin, Department of Journalism, New Mexico State University)
«Bulla and Borchard have significantly expanded our understanding
of the press, its impact, and its many roles during the Civil War.
They shed light on politics, commerce, technology, public opinion,
and censorship. Their book reminds us why the press matters most
when a nation’s fundamental freedoms are at stake.» (Michael S.
Sweeney, Author, The Military and the Press)
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