Document Type
Other
Publisher
Department of Journalism
Publication Date
2-1-1951
Publisher location
University of Maine, Orono
Issue Number
1
Volume Number
2
Abstract/ Summary
The Maine Journalist, a student newspaper created by students in the University of Maine Department of Journalism between February, 1950 and May, 1952. The publication's run featured stories highlighting the activities and profiles of junior and senior journalism majors as well as professional journalists and newspaper publications across the state of Maine.
The paper, distributed to newspaper offices statewide, documents the latest technology adopted by Maine's newspaper publishers, state and national professional meetings, and career updates for Maine journalists and alumni of the UMaine's Department of Journalism. The Maine Journalist supported efforts by graduating seniors to locate internship opportunities as well as employment following graduation.
Of particular note in this issue is a photograph of James E. "Jim" Martenhoff, Associated Press photographer and UMaine Class of 1940 alumnus, who was badly injured in a jeep crash. Martenhoff's most famous image from Korea was taken of Richard Coate silhouetted as he stood in the doorway of a burned out farmhouse near Seoul, South Korea on March 4, 1951. Coate published his book, The Unidentified Soldier in the USO Poster: An Extraordinary Odyssey in 2014. A small collection of Martenhoff's Korean War photography can be seen in the March 1951 issue of Maine Alumnus.
Repository Citation
Department of Journalism, University of Maine, "The Maine Journalist, vol. 2, issue 1" (1951). Maine Journalist. 5.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/maine_journalist/5
Version
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