Barbara Kaye, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, was recently quoted in a New York Times article titled “More Than Ever You Can Say That on Television.” The story refers to research which indicates that not only has language become more raw on broadcast television but that the language formerly restricted to the 10 p.m. hour has migrated to earlier time slots.

Co-Author: James G. Stovall
All Alabama elections are colorful, but the 1986 gubernatorial contest may trump them all for its sheer strangeness. This volume is certain to be a valuable work for any political scientist, especially those with an interest in Alabama or southern politics.

Sam Swan, professor of journalism and electronic media, has been honored with the University of Montana’s 2009 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education.

Authors: Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating “March to the Sea” in 1864 burned a swath through the cities and countryside of Georgia and into the history of the American Civil War. Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown provide a brief overview of Sherman’s life, his March, and the myths that grew from it.

Author: Robert B. Heller
Living On is a documentary project that includes portraits of survivors, liberators, U. S. Army witnesses, hidden children and refugees from the Holocaust now living in Tennessee. Their stories of strength and courage serve as a permanent reminder that nothing can ever extinguish the light of the human spirit.