#journalism history
March 13th, 2019 • Featured, Quill Blog, Quill Archives
110 journalism landmarks for the 110th. Your input requested.
This fall, SPJ continues the celebration of its 110th anniversary with a special print issue of Quill devoted to 110 landmark moments in American journalism. From the first newspaper in America to the publication of the Pentagon Papers and from the printing of the Federalist Papers to the document dumps of Wikileaks, we are looking for the moments that shaped and defined the Fourth Estate.
September 22nd, 2018 • Quill Archives
A media historian reflects on using Quill as a source
For more than a century the Society of Professional Journalists’ Quill has evolved from the ambitious, collegiate musings of a few earnest young men in a journalistic fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, to the national resource that it remains for all its members.
June 29th, 2018 • Quill Blog
Press Club of Long Island honors its legacy with historical marker
On Long Island, we preach about advocating for journalism all the time. Every Press Club event and outing is about making sure our members and the community at-large believe in the journalists doing great work all around us. With that comes the need to shed light on the history of journalism in our area as well.