Section A of the Journalism and Media History section of the proceedings contains the following 16 papers: "Covering the 'World's Most Famous' Trial: An Examination of the Choices Made by Georgia Reporters" (Gregory C. Lisby and Linda L. Harris); "Market Segmentation and Political Capital as Supports for Newspaper Partisanship: The Partisan Press in Detroit, 1865-1900" (Richard L. Kaplan); "Mary Marvin Breckenridge Patterson: Case Study of One of 'Murrow's Boys'" (Maurine H. Beasley); "Two Religious Magazines Report on South's First Public School Desegregation" (June N. Adamson); "The Roots of the Trade Press: The American Railroad Journal and the Professionalization of an Industry, 1832 to 1840" (Kathleen L. Endres); "Eugene V. Smalley and the 'Northwest Magazine': A 'Shill' for the Northern Pacific's Land Department or a Force for Community Building in the Northwest?" (Myron K. Jordan); "Catholics, the Catholic Press, and Communism: From Recognition to Cold War" (Gregory D. Black); "The Life Cycle of National Geographic Magazine" (Meredith Ogburn); "An Institution of the Historical Public Sphere: 'The Independent' in the Progressive Era" (James Boylan); "Reflections on Realities and Possibilities: Womens's Lives in New Republic Periodicals" (Karen K. List); "An Analysis of the Failure of 'Flair' Magazine" (Patricia Prijatel and Marcia Prior-Miller); "Child Care for Rosie the Riveter and the United Nations: Images of Innovation and Visions for the Future in Popular Magazines 1941-1949" (Rose M. Kundanis); "Worcester Magazine: A Scrappy Fighter" (Elinor Kelley Grusin and Dru Riley Evarts); "Edes' Boston Gazette and the Bill of Rights: Trumpeter of Sedition Ends on a Quieter Note" (Dru Riley Evarts and Elinor Grusin); "'This Paper is Owned by Many Thousands of Workingmen and Women': Contradictions of a Socialist Daily" (Jon Bekken); and "The Role of the 'Nonpartisan Leader' Newspaper during the Nonpartisan League Organization Years, 1915-1916" (John Anderson). (PRA)