Article discussing the early flights across the Atlantic. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

This is a companion site to a PBS broadcast of a 4th of July concert held in Washington, DC. Features quizzes, history of the holiday, patriotic reflections, and information on the concert itself.

A fun-to-read article on the history of interchangeable parts. Find out that Eli Whitney was not the first to have this manufacturing idea, but he capitalized on it. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

A transcript, from a syndicated radio broadcast, that discusses the life and scientific accomplishments of Count Rumford. An anecdotal account of Rumford's contribution to our understanding of heat. Contains a good deal of biographical...

This site contains information on the type of journalism that the press used during the Spanish-American War. It includes a brief history of how yellow journalism influenced the Spanish-American War.

This 3-page article explores the role of radio in the 1920s, and the day that President Harding installed a radio in the White House.

Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.

Read about George Seldes (1890-1995), a muckraker and press critic. Read some of his writings from his column "In Fact." Read his autobiography and a brief biography. There are links to other sites about George Seldes. Site by Brass Check.

Jim Lyons's collection of historical newspaper anecdotes, articles, quotes, and bits and pieces from old newspapers are listed in this index. With a click of the mouse you can read and see many examples.

A short summation of how Hearst and Pulitzer shaped the newspapers of their day by adding new features that would appeal to the populace.

Artcyclopedia's complete list of photojournalists from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biographies and works.

This lesson, designed for students in grades 10-12, will develop an understanding of the messages that political cartoons communicate with readers. They will examine political cartoon primary sources as they investigate the question,...

CLN "Theme Pages," focus on specific topics within Media Literacy/Studies. CLN's theme pages are collections of useful Internet educational resources within a narrow curricular topic and contain links to two types of information....

Learn about the history of the Ferris wheel in this transcript of a radio broadcast. In this transcript of a radio broadcast, we learn about Herman Hollerith, who invented a method of quickly tabulating information from the 1890 census...

Pittsburgh had a unique place in the nation after the War of 1812. It was an inland city and a rich source of iron. As such, it needed access to water for transport, and some of the first steamboats were used here. Read more about...

Read about the history of the steamboat and the difficult transition that led to the eventual relinquishing of a ship's sails. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Read about the controversy that emerged over the authenticity of Samuel Pierpoint Langley's flying machine, and the response of the Wright Brothers to attempts to usurp their place in history. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Read about the history of the Erie Canal and the impact it had on the economy in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Does war inevitably advance the invention of new technology? Read this explanation of why this commonly held belief may not be true, at least in the example of military aircraft. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Read about the success of the DC-3 passenger plane, which went into use in 1936, in overcoming the difficulties such planes had encountered up until then. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Read about the work of Vannevar Bush, who invented the differential analyzer, an analog computer. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Learn about the Hayas of Africa who made steel thousands of years before modern times. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.

Learn about the first efforts to build a flying machine in this discussion of a Harper's magazine article from 1869 in this transcript of a radio broadcast.

Read about the history of the Panama Canal in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.