Debra Reddin van Tuyll is a professor of communications at Augusta University. She is the 2019 recipient of the American Journalism Historians Association Kobre Award for lifetime achievement in journalism history.Mark O'Brien is associate professor at the school of communications, Dublin City University where he teaches media and journalism history and chairs the university's Media History Collection Advisory Board.Marcel Broersma is professor of media and journalism studies at the University of Groningen and the director of its Centre for Media and Journalism Studies.

The wide range and scope of subjects covered provides readers with a diverse and nuanced view of the role of the press in shaping the Irish American experience. This book demonstrates the significance of the global Irish by arguing for their contribution in universalizing the experience of a people seeking freedom and justice against a colonial oppressor world-wide. The book highlights both notable individuals and significant publications, and it illuminates the role of Irish-American journalists in some of the key tests of press freedom in the early years of the United States.

Debra Reddin van Tuyll is a professor of communications at Augusta University. She is the 2019 recipient of the American Journalism Historians Association Kobre Award for lifetime achievement in journalism history.Mark O'Brien is associate professor at the school of communications, Dublin City University where he teaches media and journalism history and chairs the university's Media History Collection Advisory Board.Marcel Broersma is professor of media and journalism studies at the University of Groningen and the director of its Centre for Media and Journalism Studies.

The wide range and scope of subjects covered provides readers with a diverse and nuanced view of the role of the press in shaping the Irish American experience. This book demonstrates the significance of the global Irish by arguing for their contribution in universalizing the experience of a people seeking freedom and justice against a colonial oppressor world-wide. The book highlights both notable individuals and significant publications, and it illuminates the role of Irish-American journalists in some of the key tests of press freedom in the early years of the United States.

Debra Reddin van Tuyll is a professor of communications at Augusta University. She is the 2019 recipient of the American Journalism Historians Association Kobre Award for lifetime achievement in journalism history.Mark O'Brien is associate professor at the school of communications, Dublin City University where he teaches media and journalism history and chairs the university's Media History Collection Advisory Board.Marcel Broersma is professor of media and journalism studies at the University of Groningen and the director of its Centre for Media and Journalism Studies.

The wide range and scope of subjects covered provides readers with a diverse and nuanced view of the role of the press in shaping the Irish American experience. This book demonstrates the significance of the global Irish by arguing for their contribution in universalizing the experience of a people seeking freedom and justice against a colonial oppressor world-wide. The book highlights both notable individuals and significant publications, and it illuminates the role of Irish-American journalists in some of the key tests of press freedom in the early years of the United States.