I have worked at a number of newspapers, including The Times, and teach, among other subjects, journalism history.

Until that point, Mr. Jones said, most traditional newspapers had been reluctant to challenge the government directly, and it was a watershed moment in journalism history.

Mr. Kaplan, an avid student of journalism history, understands The Observer's place better than anyone.

The field was dominated by a Whig interpretation of journalism history.

He is the author of several scholarly articles on American journalism history and the politics of media regulation as well as co-editor of two books.

He made journalism history in Washington, then a newspaper town of fierce competitors, on Dec. 7, 1941.

In journalism history, the copy desk has always acted as the last line of defense, the final gatekeeper before the news reaches you, the reader.

That stewardship would draw applause in any other family, but Mr. Graham inherited a legacy that was the stuff of journalism history.

However, she only teases the reader with a few "pearls," or anecdotes, and that's a loss, given her pioneering role during a key time in journalism history.

And while Greeley may not have realized it at the time, his account of that session would make journalism history.