Edited by Ralph Izard
An anecdotal history published on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of Ohio University’s renowned E. W. Scripps School of Journalism.
After its founding in 1924, what is now the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University quickly became one of the premier programs in the country. For decades, it has produced leaders who have reached the highest levels of journalism and communication in their careers, and their success is a direct product not only of the education they get in Athens but of the community the school fosters.
In this book, nearly one hundred alumni, faculty, friends, and students offer their stories of life at and after Scripps. The result is a multilayered, inspiring portrait of the school and how it shapes those who pass through its doors. At the same time, The Scripps School gives a nuanced history of journalism education at Ohio University. From covering assassinations and presidential elections to major moments in sports, alumni have documented the unprecedented and the historic, and here they show just how Scripps prepared them to be there.
The Scripps School, edited by former director Ralph Izard, is a love letter to the people and the institution. At a time when journalism is more important than ever, this book humanizes and contextualizes the profession in ways that will resonate in the Scripps community and beyond.
Ralph Izard was director of Ohio University’s Scripps School for twelve years. After retirement, he worked at the Freedom Forum’s Media Studies Center in New York, followed by eleven years with the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Included in his journalistic background is work for two newspapers and in four bureaus of the Associated Press. More info →
Retail price:
$35.00 ·
Save 20% ($28)
US and Canada only
Availability and price vary according to vendor.
Share 
Permission to reprint
Permission
to photocopy or include in a course pack
via Copyright Clearance
Center
Hardcover
978-0-8214-2315-8
Retail price: $35.00,
S.
Release date: February 2023
144 illus.
·
456 pages
·
8½ × 8¾ in.
Rights: World
Electronic
978-0-8214-4630-0
Release date: February 2023
144 illus.
·
456 pages
Rights: World
Soulful Bobcats
Experiences of African American Students at Ohio University, 1950–1960
By Carl H. Walker and Betty Hollow
·
Foreword by Roderick J. McDavis
During the 1950s, a group of ambitious young African Americans enrolled at Ohio University, a predominantly white school in Athens, Ohio. Years later, eighteen of them decided to share their stories, recalling the joys and challenges of living on a white campus before the civil rights era.
Memoir · Biography, African American · African American Studies · Ohio and Regional · Athens, Ohio · Ohio
A Woman of the Times
Journalism, Feminism, and the Career of Charlotte Curtis
By Marilyn S. Greenwald
·
Foreword by Liz Smith
How a woman reporter from Columbus, Ohio, broke into the ranks of the male-dominated upper echelon at the New York Times.
Biography & Autobiography | Women · Biography, Journalists · Women’s Studies
A Conversation about Ohio University and the Presidency, 1975–1994
By Charles J. Ping
When Charles Ping first arrived at Ohio University in 1975, the university was experiencing a decline in student enrollment and confronting serious financial challenges. But rather than focusing on its problems, Ping instead concentrated on Ohio University’s potential.
Ohio University, 1804–2004
The Spirit of a Singular Place
By Betty Hollow
Lively narrative depicting the historical, academic, and cultural events that shaped one of Ohio’s premier universities.
