Media

by Williams, Wiley J. Advertising by Wiley J. Williams, 2006; Revised October 2022. Mass advertising in North Carolina began with the founding of the printing trade in the eighteenth century. James Davis, the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gregory, Lisa. African American Newspapers in North Carolina By Lisa Gregory, North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, 2018; Revised by NC Government and Heritage Library, January 2023 Since the publication [...] (from North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.)

by Holloman, Charles R. Levi Branson, educator, Methodist minister, writer, editor, and publisher, was born and reared on a farm in Randolph County about five miles south of Asheboro. He was the second of nine children born [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Broadsides, or broadsheets, single sheets of paper with printed text on one or both sides, were used in England as early as 1575 to communicate various kinds of information. The earliest known [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Case, Steven. A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind . . . he will need only six feet [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Williams, Wiley J., Faulkner, Ronnie W., Albright, Alex. Filmmaking by Alex Albright, 2006 Additional research provided by Ronnie W. Faulkner and Wiley J. Williams. See also: North Carolina Film Board; Town Documentaries. Studio movie [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Beam, Jeffery. The Jargon Society, one of the oldest and most prestigious small presses in the country, was founded in 1951 at Black Mountain College by Jonathan Williams, an Asheville native and student at the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Charles Bishop Kuralt, award-winning newspaper, radio, and television journalist and best-selling author, was born 10 September 1934 in Wilmington, N.C., the first child of Wallace Hamilton Kuralt, [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Holden, Charles J., Cherry, Kevin, McFee, Philip. North Carolina writers and scholars support a number of literary publications in the state and have for decades. The Carolina Quarterly, one of the oldest and most influential university literary [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hill, Michael, Umfleet, LeRae. Alex Manly was born near Raleigh in 1866. Family tradition maintains that his father was Charles Manly, who served as governor of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851. There is some confusion about [...] (from NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Anonymous. Edward R. Murrow set the standard for television journalism that continues to challenge and inspire today's television newspersons. His calm and courageous reporting captured our nation's and the [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Gavins, Raymond, Mammen, Edwin H., Parker, Roy, Jr., Mobley, Sarah. Newspapers by Edwin H. Mammen, 2006; Revised December 2021 Additional research provided by Raymond Gavins, Sarah Mobley, Roy Parker Jr., and Kelly Agan. See also: Carolina [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mazzocchi, Jay. The North Carolina Film Board (NCFB), the first state-sponsored documentary film unit in the United States, existed from 1962 to 1965 under Governor Terry Sanford. According to Sanford, the purpose [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mammen, Edwin H. The North-Carolina Magazine; or, Universal Intelligencer, was the first magazine in North Carolina. It was published by printer James Davis in New Bern during a period when his North-Carolina [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Middlesworth, Chester Paul, Pyatt, Timothy D. In 1749 North Carolina's provincial government brought James Davis from Virginia to become the colony's public printer and establish the first printing press in the then-capital city of New Bern. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hunt, James L. The Progressive Farmer is among the oldest and most widely read of the nation's agricultural periodicals. The history of the publication reflects dramatic changes in southern rural life and [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Brabham, Robin. The Protestant Episcopal Church Publishing Association was founded in Charlotte in 1864 by John Wilkes, a businessman and prominent Episcopal layman. The likely catalyst for the establishment of the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J., McFee, Philip. Part i: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part ii: Radio Enters Its "Golden Age" in North Carolina, Part iii: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part iv: Radio [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J., McFee, Philip. Part i: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part ii: Radio Enters Its "Golden Age" in North Carolina, Part iii: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part iv: Radio [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J., McFee, Philip. Part i: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part ii: Radio Enters Its "Golden Age" in North Carolina, Part iii: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part iv: Radio [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by McFee, Philip. Part i: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part ii: Radio Enters Its "Golden Age" in North Carolina, Part iii: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part iv: Radio [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J., McFee, Philip. Part i: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part ii: Radio Enters Its "Golden Age" in North Carolina, Part iii: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part iv: Radio [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J. Television stations came to North Carolina beginning in the late 1940s, changing the lives of North Carolinians by providing them instant access to events, images, and ideas that had previously been [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Albright, Alex. Town documentaries were films made for the entertainment or promotion of small North Carolina towns from about 1913 to the early 1950s. Hundreds of these films recorded events such as athletic [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)