Baldasty, Gerald J.

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BALDASTY, Gerald J.

BALDASTY, Gerald J. American. Genres: Writing/Journalism. Career: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, professor of communications and adjunct professor of women's studies, 1974-. Also, serves as senior editor of Journalism History and holds co-chair of two lectureships (the Jesse and John Danz Lectureship and the Walker-Ames Lectureship) at the University of Washington. Publications: The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century, 1992; E.W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers, 1999. Contributor to journalism monographs. Address: University of Washington, School of Communications, 343 Communications Building, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]