Randall Sumpter - Texas A&M University (TAMU) Scholar

HR job title

Retired Associate Professor

selected publications

academic article
- Sumpter, R. S. (2015). Girl Reporter: Elizabeth L. Banks and the Stunt Genre. American Journalism. 32(1), 60-77.
- Sumpter, R. S. (2013). Practical Reporting: Late Nineteenth-Century Journalistic Standards and Rule Breaking. American Journalism. 30(1), 44-64.
- Sumpter, R. S., & Rothenbuhler, E. W. (2011). Operation Matthew: The Cold War Comes to the Top 40. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 55(1), 1-18.
- Sumpter, R. S. (2010). Learning the Outsider Profession: Serial Advice Columns in The Journalist. American Journalism. 27(3), 7-26.
- Sumpter, R. S (2009). Core Knowledge: Early Reporting Textbooks and the Formation of Professional Identity. Journalism History. 35(1), 42-51.
- Sumpter, R. S., & Garner, J. T. (2007). Telling the Columbia story - Source selection in news accounts of a shuttle accident. Science Communication. 28(4), 455-475.
- Sumpter, R. S., & Braddock, M. A. (2002). Source use in a "news disaster" account: A content analysis of voter news service stories. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly: devoted to research and commentary in journalism and mass communication. 79(3), 539-558.
- Sumpter, R., & Lukaszewski, Y. (2001). Covering the Y2K Bug: A Content Analysis of Source Use in Continuing News. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 17(1), 29-39.
- Sumpter, R. S. (2001). News about News: John G. Speed and the First Newspaper Content Analysis. Journalism History. 27(2), 64-72.
- Sumpter, R. S. (2001). Sensation and the Century. American Journalism. 18(3), 81-100.
- Sumpter, R. S (2000). A Case Study: How to Get on (or Stay off) the Front Page. Newspaper research journal. 21(3), 39-50.
- Sumpter, R. S. (2000). Daily newspaper editors' audience construction routines: A case study. Critical Studies in Media Communication. 17(3), 334-346.
- Sumpter, R. S (2000). The golden age of the newspaper. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly: devoted to research and commentary in journalism and mass communication. 77(3), 687-687.
- Sumpter, R. S (1999). Banned in the media: A reference guide to censorship in the press, motion pictures, broadcasting, and the internet. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly: devoted to research and commentary in journalism and mass communication. 76(1), 165-165.
- Sumpter, R. S. (1999). Censorship liberally administered: Press, U.S. military relations in the SpanishAmerican War. Communication Law and Policy. 4(4), 463-481.
- Sumpter, R. (1998). Enterprise, not Experience: Spanish-American War Correspondents Success Stories in Quality Monthly Magazines. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 14(1), 72-81.
- Sumpter, R. S (1997). Mapping the cultural space of journalism: How journalists distinguish news from entertainment. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly: devoted to research and commentary in journalism and mass communication. 74(4), 897-898.
- Sumpter, R., & Tankard, J. W. (1994). The spin doctor: An alternative model of public relations. Public Relations Review. 20(1), 19-27.
- Dodd, J. E., Leonard, T., & Sumpter, R. S (1991). High School Journalism Experiences Influence Career Choices. 24(3), 26-28.
book
- Sumpter, R. S (2018). Before Journalism Schools How Gilded Age Reporters Learned the Rules. University of Missouri Press.
chapter
- Sumpter, R. (2007). Regional Bias. Sloan, W. D., & Mackay, J. B. (Eds.), Media Bias: Finding It, Fixing It. (pp. 150-160). McFarland & Company.
- Whitney, D., Sumpter, R., & McQuail, D. (2004). News Media Production: Individuals, Organizations, and Institutions. The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies. (pp. 393-410). SAGE Publications.
- Sumpter, R. (2001). Books. Thomas, E. K., & Carpenter, B. H. (Eds.), Mass Media in 2025 Industries, Organizations, People, and Nations. (pp. 5-14). Greenwood Press.
- Sumpter, R. S. (2000). Empresa Y No Experiencia: Los Articulos Triunfalistas Escritos Por Los Corresponsales De La Guerra Hispano-Americana Para Las Puflicaciones Mensuales De Los Estados Unidos. Aguirre, B. E., & Espina, E. (Eds.), Los Ultimos Dias Del Comienzo: Ensayos Sobre la Guerra Hispano-Cubana-Estadounidense. (pp. 47-62). RIL Editores.
webpage
- Sumpter, R. S. (2018). Think journalisms a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age

teaching activities

COMM360 Cultural History Media Instructor
COMM460 Comm & Contempory Issues Instructor
COMM663 Seminar Media Studies Instructor
COMM685 Directed Studies Instructor
COMM691 Research Instructor

education and training

Ph.D. in Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1996
M.A. in Mass Communication, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 1990
B.S. in Journalism, Oklahoma State University - (Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States) 1972

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Texas A&M University

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4234 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-4234

USA

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r-sumpter@tamu.edu

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