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A History of the International Movement of Journalists

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137530554

ISBN: 978-1-349-55245-0

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Dec 21, 2015

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Chapter 1Introduction

Nordenstreng, Kaarle

Pages: 1 –7

[This book is an exercise in media history — ‘an interdiscipline that brings historical research into dialogue with the unruly tribe of communication theories’.1 As John Nerone reminds us, media history has produced several narratives such as ‘libertarian’, ‘radical’ and ‘technological...
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Chapter 2Frames and Contradictions of the Journalistic Profession

Høyer, Svennik; Lauk, Epp

Pages: 8 –41

[In his essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism Oscar Wilde wrote: ‘In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press’. His words reflect the noticeable power the press had acquired in society already by the end of the 19th century. Journalism began to obtain characteristics of a profession,...
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Chapter 3First Internationals: IUPA and PCW (1894–1936)

Björk, Ulf Jonas

Pages: 42 –79

[In the fall of 1898, a French and an American journalist took stock of the changing nature of the press of the world.1 ‘With the perfection of the printing press’, they wrote, ‘with the telegraph and the telephone, with the transformation of the public spirit, more and more eager to be informed,...
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Chapter 4First Professional International: FIJ (1926–40)

Beyersdorf, Frank

Pages: 80 –124

[In 1926 European journalists’ trade unions formed the Fédération Internationale des Journalistes (FIJ) as the first international organization exclusively representing journalists. Its members committed the new body to assist ‘in the work of defending the professional interests’, and to...
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Chapter 5Embroiled in Cold War Politics: IOJ and IFJ (1946-)

Nordenstreng, Kaarle

Pages: 125 –172

[After the collapse of the FIJ, in December 1941, when World War II was still in its early stage, a new organization was established in London called the International Federation of Journalists of Allied or Free Countries (IFJAFC).1 Its constitution begins with a declaration where the IFJAFC...
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Chapter 6Conclusion

Nordenstreng, Kaarle; Beyersdorf, Frank

Pages: 173 –180

[The history of the international press and journalist associations shows that the central question has invariably been how to define journalism as a profession and to scrutinize its relation to the state. These two issues culminated in a struggle to define press freedom — a meaning not carved in...

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