Autumn Linford

Education

PhD, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

About Me

Professor Linford has a doctorate in journalism history from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. She worked as a newspaper reporter for 15 years and roughly 3 years as a photojournalist before becoming an assistant professor at Auburn University. Her award winning research centers on women and girls in journalism history.

Areas of Expertise

gender, labor and journalism history; print/digital journalism; photojournalism

Research Interests

gender, labor and journalism history

Publications

• Autumn Lorimer Linford, “‘The Newsgirl Question’: Competing Frames of Progressive Era Girl Newsies,” American Journalism, July 2022. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1080/08821127.2022.2098205
• Autumn Lorimer Linford, “Nellie Bly Merchandise and the Changing American Woman: A Material Culture Study,” American Journalism, March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/08821127.2022.2026195
• Autumn Lorimer Linford, “‘They’ll Never Make Newspaper Men’: Early Gendering in Journalism, 1884-1889,” American Journalism, September 2021. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1080/08821127.2021.1950415
• Autumn Lorimer Linford, “Rivington Revisited: A Nuanced Look at James Rivington, America’s ‘Tory’ Printer,” Journalism History, August 2021. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1080/00947679.2021.1945872

Courses Taught

News Writing, Media Ethics, Journalism History