Right on, packed house, I was there!

A lot of NABJ clips circulating today. Enough with the amplification of this person showing himself as we have already seen him over and over again. I'm sending out this clip of Belafonte on the Smothers Brothers instead. youtube.com/watch?v=QFE4N5…

1968 offers some lessons for Democrats in 2024, but there is no reason to believe that history will repeat itself writes Heather Hendershot of Northwestern wp.me/p3I2YF-e8g

Carole King ftw

On NPR today I noted how we're motivated to find similarities, not differences, when using history, to make us feel less anxious about present issues. It's not 1968: Americans didn't use Tik Tok & Instagram back then & today we don't suffer Vietnam deaths npr.org/2024/08/03/nx-…

1968 offers some lessons for Democrats in 2024, but there is no reason to believe that history will repeat itself writes @profhendershot of Northwestern wp.me/p3I2YF-e8g

New Episode! "The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago" Even before Democrats met in Chicago in August to choose their presidential nominee, the year 1968 had been a turbulent, and often v… with Heather Hendershot Player links & show notes: unsunghistorypodcast.com/1968-dnc/ via

Let's hear it for Chicago film culture!!!!!

"The year 2024 is not 1968, but films about that period in American politics capture a feeling... seems likely the streets of Chicago will...once again fill with people who are, as... Howard Beale said in his famous rant in...'Network,' 'mad as hell'." theconversation.com/chicagoans-wat…

So great to visit on the show today!

"Coq au vin, or no coq au vin, this woman is in trouble!" OMG I remember watching this live the first time it aired! Still brilliant.

Ahead of the Democratic National Convention returning to Chicago next week, Heather Hendershot appeared on ABC 7 Chicago to discuss the takeaways from the 1968 DNC. Watch it here: spr.ly/6019lrqIc

Great podcast! Thanks Josh Hersh, Columbia Journalism Review and the whole producing team. cjr.org/podcast/1968-h…

New #ThatSaid podcast with michael zeldin. #MSWMedia Guest: Heather Hendershot Listen: redcircle.com/shows/9628320e…

My latest podcast episode with Heather Hendershot discussing the DNC Conventions of 1968 and today. #MSWMedia #thatsaidzeldin #Commpro podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tha…

“It’s not cable TV per se” that matters, Socolow said, but the meme culture that it feeds. Television’s future “is through viral-meme creation and social-media circulation.” Good Paul Farhi discussion of media evolution in commercial political communication theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

So true! Media lost interest in '68 narrative once clear '24 would not be as violent as feared. Too bad they lost sight of ways the earlier story remained instructive! E.g strong Black delegate presence such a contrast to '68. Fannie Lou Hamer evoked by Maxine Waters on 1st day!

I've been lying low on this site for a while, but I just saw a post from Bezos congratulating DJT, and it was the straw that broke this camel's back. Super frustrating--this is a handy place to find links to good journalism and to keep up with breaking news stories. But I'm done.

Hey everyone--I'm only back on this site briefly to say that...you can find me at @profhendershot.bsky.social. Have been enjoying a social media detox, so not sure when I'll get active in the new space, but am officially there, at least!