Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd
Associate Professor, University of Colorado; Research Fellow, Library of Congress NRPB colorado.edu/cmci/people/me… Joined November 2015-
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One of genealogies of Media Studies is that many early methods began as advocacy strategies of 1940s media reform, to change broadcast regulation to allow for more educational channels. Put differently, Media Studies originated as a research movement to build US Public Media.
Thanks to Kathryn J. McGarr (Wisconsin) for this excellent and thorough review of my book on the origins of US public media, in "Reviews in American History." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…
Public media in America is absolutely vital to our understanding of the world and life itself and the Trump administration basically just tried to kill it. This is a historic legacy that can't be lost. We have to fight to save it! @joshshepperd @NPR tropicsofmeta.com/2025/09/26/hel…
I resigned from Trump's DOJ in Feb when I was pressured to drop NYC Mayor Adams' case. NOTUS reports that since Trump took office, my section, Public Integrity, went from 36 people investigating public corruption to TWO. Who benefits? Corrupt politicians.
Congrats to Sandra Ristovska @s_ristovska, who in addition to her 2025/26 fellowship at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded the Leonore Annenberg and Wallis Annenberg Fellowship in Communication. casbs.stanford.edu
Thanks to the International Journal of Communication and Angela Xiao Wu (NYU) for this excellent review of my book. ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…
I am off teaching until at least August, 2026! And possibly longer. Time to write my memoir. Just kidding, going to write dry and depressing political economies of media to try to help address the world’s problems.
This is very good news.
Had a great time talking about WWII propaganda films on "You're Missing Out" - the podcast that discusses films on the National Film Registry. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
Delighted to have interviewed with WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti "On Point." First half discusses the historical intricacies of the US public media ecosystem. Second half I tried to detail how the GOP rescission bill was designed to attack democratic media. wbur.org/onpoint/2025/0…
Writing so that an argument is ordered in a specific way, and choosing one’s words so that they express an intended meaning, is a responsible way to conduct solid scholarship. Is it the most entertaining approach? Depends the audience.
Writing so that an argument is ordered in a specific way, and choosing one’s words so that they express an intended meaning, is a responsible way to conduct solid scholarship. Is it the most entertaining approach? Depends the audience.
I'm interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the import of equal access to information - we're about to witness an ideological shift in sense of "place."niemanreports.org/local-trusted-…
Al Jazeera condemns the assassination of its journalists by Israeli occupation forces Al Jazeera Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and…
At the Albertina Art Museum. A little boy encountered Kandinsky for the first time. His face turned, he yelled “no no no,” and started to bang his head against a bench. Now that’s an effective painting.
Josh Shepperd gave an in-depth interview with the Chicago Tribune about how funding cuts are affecting public media.
Josh Shepperd gave an in-depth interview with the Chicago Tribune about how funding cuts are affecting public media.

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