Journalism | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/journalism/RSS feed for JournalismenTue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:09 +0000The First Magazines Written for Career Women Reveal a Portrait of Immense Creativity and Hopehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/first-magazines-written-for-career-women-reveal-portrait-immense-creativity-hope-180987174/Publications including "Mademoiselle," "Glamour" and the long-forgotten "Charm" first emerged in the 1930s to satisfy an emergent force in the workplaceTue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/first-magazines-written-for-career-women-reveal-portrait-immense-creativity-hope-180987174/We Rediscovered Robert Caro’s Abandoned Novel About an Intrepid Journalist Buried in His Archiveshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/we-rediscovered-robert-caros-abandoned-novel-about-an-intrepid-journalist-180986384/A deep dive into the legendary biographer’s papers leads to the surprising revelation of a work he has all but forgottenTue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/we-rediscovered-robert-caros-abandoned-novel-about-an-intrepid-journalist-180986384/Newly Discovered Letters Illuminate the Life of a Female Printer Who Published Revolutionary Texts and Pushed the Colonies Toward Independencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newly-discovered-letters-illuminate-the-life-of-a-female-printer-who-published-revolutionary-texts-and-pushed-the-colonies-toward-independence-180986184/As Virginia's first female newspaper publisher, Clementina Rind emphasized women's viewpoints and collaborated with prominent politicians like Thomas JeffersonMon, 10 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newly-discovered-letters-illuminate-the-life-of-a-female-printer-who-published-revolutionary-texts-and-pushed-the-colonies-toward-independence-180986184/How One of History's Most Famous and Beloved Movies Was Almost Forgottenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/citizen-kane-history-most-famous-beloved-movies-almost-forgotten-180985957/"Citizen Kane" was a titanic achievement in film but failed to be recognized as such until years laterWed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/citizen-kane-history-most-famous-beloved-movies-almost-forgotten-180985957/San Francisco Names a Street For the Photographer Who Captured Marines Raising an American Flag at Iwo Jimahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/san-francisco-names-a-street-for-the-photographer-who-captured-marines-raising-an-american-flag-at-iwo-jima-180985683/Joe Rosenthal is famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning image. But he spent most of his career photographing San Francisco, where he lived for many yearsTue, 17 Dec 2024 21:49:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/san-francisco-names-a-street-for-the-photographer-who-captured-marines-raising-an-american-flag-at-iwo-jima-180985683/When Instant Replay Debuted During the Broadcast of a College Football Game in 1963, It Revolutionized the Way We Watch Sportshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-instant-replay-debuted-during-the-broadcast-of-a-college-football-game-in-1963-it-revolutionized-the-way-we-watch-sports-180985516/Piloting the new technology was a risky move in front of the national audience that watched the Army-Navy showdown on this day in 1963Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-instant-replay-debuted-during-the-broadcast-of-a-college-football-game-in-1963-it-revolutionized-the-way-we-watch-sports-180985516/When Republicans Became 'Red' and Democrats Became 'Blue'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-became-red-democrats-became-blue-104176297/The 2000 presidential election cemented the color-coded nature of political parties. Prior to that race, the colors were often reversed on electoral mapsThu, 01 Nov 2012 03:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-became-red-democrats-became-blue-104176297/The Real Story Behind the 'Lee' Movie and Lee Miller, the Legendary Surrealist Photographer and World War II Journalist Who Inspired Ithttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-the-lee-movie-and-lee-miller-the-legendary-surrealist-photographer-and-world-war-ii-journalist-who-inspired-it-180985139/In a new biopic starring Kate Winslet, Miller's many lives—as an artist, model, muse, cook and war correspondent—need little embellishmentFri, 27 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-the-lee-movie-and-lee-miller-the-legendary-surrealist-photographer-and-world-war-ii-journalist-who-inspired-it-180985139/Why the Debut Issue of America's First Newspaper Was Also the Publication's Lasthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-debut-issue-americas-first-newspaper-also-publications-last-180985122/On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the MohawkWed, 25 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-debut-issue-americas-first-newspaper-also-publications-last-180985122/This Defeated Presidential Candidate, Once the 'Best-Known Man in America,' Died in a Sanatorium Less Than a Month After Losing the Electionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-defeated-presidential-candidate-once-the-best-known-man-in-america-died-in-a-sanatorium-less-than-a-month-after-losing-the-election-180985083/Newspaper editor Horace Greeley unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days later, he died of unknown causes at a private mental health facilityThu, 19 Sep 2024 09:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-defeated-presidential-candidate-once-the-best-known-man-in-america-died-in-a-sanatorium-less-than-a-month-after-losing-the-election-180985083/