PATHWAYS:
A History of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent State University

This book was published in 1997 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication becoming a four-year degree-granting program, the first at Kent State other than Education.

Former JMC director, Pam Creedon, asked Prof. Fred Endres to write the book, and he was aided immeasurably by then-graduate assistant Marta Danilczyk, now alum and

public relations practitioner Marta Blase. Many other alumni, faculty and staff contributed stories and reminiscences.

The web version is abridged from the printed version. If you'd like a copy of the full history, contact Sharon Marquis. Copies are $10, but if you mention to Sharon that you saw this on the JMC web site, the cost is only $5.


Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

1920s
Student protests lead to journalism program, Stater
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CHAPTER TWO

1930-1936
Print journalism program gains a foothold -- in English
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CHAPTER THREE

1930-36
Radio finds a home -- in 'cold, damp, dark' basement
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CHAPTER FOUR

1936-1940
Journalism at crossroads; enter William Taylor
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CHAPTER FIVE

1940-1941
KSU in 1940: A 'cocoon of discovery'
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CHAPTER SIX

1941-1945
War changes KSU, JMC, student media
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CHAPTER SEVEN

1946-1949
Recovery, regeneration, hello Walt Clarke
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CHAPTER EIGHT

1950s
Growth, growth and more growth
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CHAPTER NINE

1960s
The times, they were a changin' -- in print & broadcast
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CHAPTER TEN

1970s
Turmoil, dissension in country -- and JMC
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CHAPTER ELEVEN

1980s
Recovery, regeneration, merger
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CHAPTER TWELVE

1990s-present
Convergence, collaboration: JMC in the 90s & onward
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AN AFTERWORD A few thoughts in retrospect
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