Amber Roessner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6811073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amber Roessner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amber |
| FAMILY NAME | Roessner |
| SIGNATURE | ROESSNER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Media History that Speaks Back in Moments of Crisis
Journalism and Media History Matters. It matters now more than ever. We must not only continue to share whole truth[s] about the past, but we must also be willing to speak up in this moment where w
Endnotes
Jeremy J. Chatelain, who earned his PhD from the University of Utah’s Department of Communication in 2018, died on September 15, 2025, in Denver. He was 51.Chatelain was an independent historian wh
Addressing the “Error of our Ways” in Metajournalistic Discourse
Always Already Hailed
This autoethnographic essay explores experiences of two White female media-scholars at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2013. It considers the Newseum’s role in how we remember and why we forget certain aspects of U.S. American journalism and the relationship between this institutional site of memory and our individual and collective identities. The self-reflexive, autobiographical methodological form allows the historians of media an…
Declaring the Value of Truth
As fake news has become a growing concern since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, attention to journalism history offers a useful means for rediscovering strategies for both fighting fake news and shoring up journalism’s commitment to the truth. This article argues that truth’s value emerges from the conditions under which journalism is produced, both commercial and cultural. Looking at arguments about fake news published in news reports, colu…
Forgotten and Left Behind
In June 2012, Title IX celebrated its 40th anniversary to much fanfare nationwide, particularly in sporting circles. The event generated widespread news coverage, and journalists thus played a key role in situating the story of not only the law’s beginnings but its place in contemporary gender politics. This study examines the public memory of Title IX, as told in mainstream media outlets in the weeks surrounding the law’s anniversary. Using the …
A Measure of Theory
Does journalism history matter?,” communications historian John Nerone recently asked American Journalism readers. 1 After grappling with the rhetorical question, he concluded that journalism hist
Forgotten and Left Behind
In June 2012, Title IX celebrated its 40th anniversary to much fanfare nationwide, particularly in sporting circles. The event generated widespread news coverage, and journalists thus played a key role in situating the story of not only the law’s beginnings but its place in contemporary gender politics. This study examines the public memory of Title IX, as told in mainstream media outlets in the weeks surrounding the law’s anniversary. Using the …
Declaring the Value of Truth
As fake news has become a growing concern since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, attention to journalism history offers a useful means for rediscovering strategies for both fighting fake news and shoring up journalism’s commitment to the truth. This article argues that truth’s value emerges from the conditions under which journalism is produced, both commercial and cultural. Looking at arguments about fake news published in news reports, colu…
A Measure of Theory
Does journalism history matter?,” communications historian John Nerone recently asked American Journalism readers. 1 After grappling with the rhetorical question, he concluded that journalism hist
A Measure of Theory
Does journalism history matter?,” communications historian John Nerone recently asked American Journalism readers. 1 After grappling with the rhetorical question, he concluded that journalism hist
Forgotten and Left Behind
In June 2012, Title IX celebrated its 40th anniversary to much fanfare nationwide, particularly in sporting circles. The event generated widespread news coverage, and journalists thus played a key role in situating the story of not only the law’s beginnings but its place in contemporary gender politics. This study examines the public memory of Title IX, as told in mainstream media outlets in the weeks surrounding the law’s anniversary. Using the …
Declaring the Value of Truth
As fake news has become a growing concern since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, attention to journalism history offers a useful means for rediscovering strategies for both fighting fake news and shoring up journalism’s commitment to the truth. This article argues that truth’s value emerges from the conditions under which journalism is produced, both commercial and cultural. Looking at arguments about fake news published in news reports, colu…
Always Already Hailed
This autoethnographic essay explores experiences of two White female media-scholars at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2013. It considers the Newseum’s role in how we remember and why we forget certain aspects of U.S. American journalism and the relationship between this institutional site of memory and our individual and collective identities. The self-reflexive, autobiographical methodological form allows the historians of media an…
Addressing the “Error of our Ways” in Metajournalistic Discourse
Media History that Speaks Back in Moments of Crisis
Journalism and Media History Matters. It matters now more than ever. We must not only continue to share whole truth[s] about the past, but we must also be willing to speak up in this moment where w
Endnotes
Jeremy J. Chatelain, who earned his PhD from the University of Utah’s Department of Communication in 2018, died on September 15, 2025, in Denver. He was 51.Chatelain was an independent historian wh
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