Journalism, HEN-KIR
Extra, extra! Although the content and style of journalism and the medium through which it is delivered have varied significantly over the years, journalism has always given us a way to keep up with current events, so that we always have our fingers on the pulse.
Journalism Encyclopedia Articles By Title
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, critic, and editor who in his journals introduced the early work of many......
Alice Henry was an Australian journalist who promoted trade unionism, women’s suffrage, and social reform in Australia......
George Hepplewhite was an English cabinetmaker and furniture designer whose name is associated with a graceful......
Bob Herbert is an American journalist and commentator who was a liberal op-ed columnist for The New York Times......
Zbigniew Herbert was one of the leading Polish poets of the post-World War II generation. Herbert attended an underground......
Alexandre Herculano was a historian, novelist, and poet, one of the writers who is credited with introducing Romanticism......
Ferenc Herczeg was a novelist and playwright, the leading literary exponent of conservative-nationalist opinion......
John Hersey was an American novelist and journalist noted for his documentary fiction about catastrophic events......
Seymour Hersh is an American journalist whose reporting generally focused on the U.S. government and its involvement......
Johann Jakob Herzog was a German Protestant theologian, professor of church history (University of Halle, 1847–54)......
Moses Hess was a German journalist and socialist who influenced Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and who was an important......
Lars Johan Hierta was a journalist and politician who became a leading agitator for Swedish political and social......
Aaron Hill was an English poet, dramatist, and essayist whose adaptations of Voltaire’s plays Zaïre (The Tragedy......
Sir Francis Hincks was an Irish-born Canadian journalist and politician. He served as joint premier of the united......
Christopher Hitchens was a British American author, critic, and bon vivant whose trenchant polemics on politics......
Oveta Culp Hobby was an American editor and publisher of the Houston Post (1952–53), the first director of the......
Ralph Hodgson was a poet noted for simple and mystical lyrics that express a love of nature and a concern for modern......
Alfred Theophil Holder was an Austrian-born language scholar of astonishing productivity in classical and medieval......
Sir Erskine Holland was an English legal writer and teacher of international law whose outstanding work, Elements......
Luc Holste was a classical scholar and Vatican librarian best known for his annotated editions of geographical......
Lester Holt is an American broadcast journalist who served as anchor (2015– ) of NBC Nightly News; he was the first......
William Hone was an English radical journalist, bookseller, publisher, and satirist, notable for his attacks on......
Luís Bernardo Honwana is a journalist, author, and public official who is one of Africa’s outstanding short-story......
Thomas Hood was an English poet, journalist, and humorist whose humanitarian verses, such as “The Song of the Shirt”......
Franklin Henry Hooper was the U.S. editor in chief of Encyclopædia Britannica from 1932 to 1938, and the brother......
Pauline Hopkins was an African-American novelist, playwright, journalist, and editor. She was a pioneer in her......
Sir Thomas Hopkinson was a British editor and a leader in the development of photojournalism. Hopkinson was a freelance......
Fenton J. A. Hort was an English New Testament scholar who produced, with Brooke Foss Westcott, a major critical......
A.E. Housman was an English scholar and celebrated poet whose lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple......
Elizabeth Jane Howard was a British writer of novels and shorter fiction who was praised for her deft characterizations......
Roy W. Howard was an American journalist and editor who was codirector of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain from......
E.W. Howe was an American editor, novelist, and essayist known for his iconoclasm and pessimism. Howe went to work......
Julia Ward Howe was an American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward......
William Dean Howells was a U.S. novelist and critic, the dean of late 19th-century American letters, the champion......
Hu Shuli is a Chinese journalist and editor who cofounded Caijing (1998), the preeminent business magazine in China.......
Elbert Hubbard was an American editor, publisher, and author of the moralistic essay “A Message to Garcia.” A freelance......
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and commentator, best known for creating The Huffington Post, a popular......
Ted Hughes was an English poet whose most characteristic verse is without sentimentality, emphasizing the cunning......
Victor Hugo was a poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most important of the French Romantic writers. Though......
Leigh Hunt was an English essayist, critic, journalist, and poet, who was an editor of influential journals in......
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an American newspaper reporter and broadcast journalist who covered current events, geopolitics,......
Jacques Hébert was a political journalist during the French Revolution who became the chief spokesman for the Parisian......
Viggo Hørup was a Danish politician and journalist, the leading late 19th-century advocate of parliamentary government......
Jovita Idár was a Mexican American journalist, teacher, and activist who devoted her life to fighting the racism......
Witi Ihimaera is a Māori author whose novels and short stories explore the clash between Māori and Pākehā (white,......
Gyula Illyés was a Hungarian poet, novelist, dramatist, and dissident, a leading literary figure in Hungary during......
infotainment, television programming that presents information (as news) in a manner intended to be entertaining.......
Inoue Yasushi was a Japanese novelist noted for his historical fiction, notably Tempyō no iraka (1957; The Roof......
Ishibashi Tanzan was a politician, economist, and journalist who was prime minister of Japan from December 1956......
Vsevolod Ivanov was a Soviet prose writer noted for his vivid naturalistic realism, one of the most original writers......
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist whose reputation rests largely on his......
Vladimir Jabotinsky was a Zionist leader, journalist, orator, and man of letters who founded the militant Zionist......
Joseph Jacobs was an Australian-born English folklore scholar, one of the most popular 19th-century adapters of......
Benjamín Jarnés was a Spanish novelist and biographer. In 1910 Jarnés joined the army and began studies at the......
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey was a literary critic and Scottish judge, best known as the editor of The Edinburgh......
Peter Jennings was a Canadian-born American television journalist whose easygoing and detached manner, calm delivery,......
Douglas William Jerrold was an English playwright, journalist, and humorist. Jerrold achieved success in the theatre......
Nick Joaquin was a Filipino novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and biographer whose works present the diverse......
Boris Johnson is an American-born British journalist and Conservative Party politician who became prime minister......
Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a U.S. sociologist, authority on race relations, and the first black president (1946–56)......
James Weldon Johnson was a poet, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture. Trained in music and other subjects......
Louis Johnson was a New Zealand poet who rejected the rural themes and parochial nationalism of traditional New......
Samuel Johnson was an English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest......
Claudia Jones was a Trinidadian social and political activist and journalist who advocated for Black individuals,......
John Jones was a Welsh-language satirical poet and social reformer who, under the impact of the French Revolution,......
Thomas Jordan was an English poet, playwright, and prolific Royalist pamphleteer who was laureate to the city of......
journalism, the collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials......
Pierre-Jean Jouve was a French poet, novelist, and critic. Early in his career, Jouve was influenced by the Abbaye......
Benjamin Jowett was a British classical scholar, considered to be one of the greatest teachers of the 19th century.......
James Joyce was an Irish novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods......
Judah ha-Nasi was one of the last of the tannaim, the small group of Palestinian masters of the Jewish Oral Law,......
Franciscus Junius, the Younger was a language and literary scholar whose works stimulated interest in the study......
Donald Justice was an American poet and editor best known for finely crafted verse that frequently illuminates......
Justin was a Roman historian who was the author of Epitome, an abridgment of the Historiae Philippicae et totius......
Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson was an Icelandic poet and reformer whose works reflect his resistance to the political......
Attila József was one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Although his first poems were published......
Gustave Kahn was a French poet and literary theorist who claimed to be the inventor of vers libre (“free verse”).......
Justin Kaplan was an American writer, biographer, and book editor who was best known for his acclaimed literary......
Lajos Kassák was a poet and novelist, the first important Hungarian working-class writer. At the age of 20 Kassák......
Katay Don Sasorith was a Lao nationalist and author of eloquent resistance pamphlets in his youth, who later held......
Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov was a Russian journalist who exercised a high degree of influence in government circles......
Sylvie Kauffmann is a French journalist who became the first female to serve as the executive editor of France’s......
George S. Kaufman was an American playwright and journalist, who became the stage director of most of his plays......
Kawahigashi Hekigotō was a Japanese poet who was a pioneer of modern haiku. Kawahigashi and his friend Takahama......
Kawakami Hajime was a journalist, poet, and university professor who was one of Japan’s first Marxist theoreticians.......
Garrison Keillor is an American radio entertainer and writer who was perhaps best known for the public-radio show......
Bernhard Kellermann was a German journalist and writer best known for his novel Der Tunnel (1913; The Tunnel, 1915),......
Johan Henrik Kellgren was a poet considered the greatest literary figure of the Swedish Enlightenment and once......
Megyn Kelly is an American attorney, journalist, and television personality who is known for her pointed interviews......
Namık Kemal was a Turkish prose writer and poet who greatly influenced the Young Turk and Turkish nationalist movements......
Murray Kempton was a U.S. journalist. Educated at Johns Hopkins University, he was a reporter and then columnist......
Zsigmond, Baron Kemény was a Hungarian novelist noted especially for his minute psychological analysis. Kemény’s......
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew was a British biochemist who determined the three-dimensional structure of the muscle......
André Kertész was a Hungarian-born American photographer known for his lyrical and formally rigorous pictures of......
Keorapetse Kgositsile was a South African poet and essayist whose writings focus on Pan-African liberation as the......
Ki no Tsurayuki was a court noble, government official, and noted man of letters in Japan during the Heian period......
Kikuchi Kan was a playwright, novelist, and founder of one of the major publishing companies in Japan. As a student......
Jamaica Kincaid is a Caribbean American writer whose essays, stories, and novels are evocative portrayals of family......
Ralph Kiner was one of the most prolific home-run hitters in the major leagues during the 1940s and ’50s. At the......
William Kirby was a writer whose historical novel The Golden Dog (1877, authorized version 1896) is a classic of......