James Aronson
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James Aronson was an American journalist. He founded the left-leaning National Guardian. He was a graduate of Harvard College
and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
.
, the New York Herald Tribune
, the New York Post
and The New York Times from 1946-48.
and Cedric Belfrage
. It continued publishing until 1992.
of the City University of New York
. In 1981 he was invited to Mainland China to teach newswriting by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Aronson was the first American to be invited to teach such classes since the Communists pushed the Nationalists off the mainland. In China he found that the content and style were what the Maoist government wanted to change about Chinese journalism, not the purpose.
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...
.
Work before the Guardian
Aronson worked at several publications prior to founding the National Guardian. He worked on the staffs of the Boston Evening TranscriptBoston Evening Transcript
The Boston Evening Transcript was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941.-Beginnings:...
, the New York Herald Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.Other predecessors, which had earlier merged into the New York Tribune, included the original The New Yorker newsweekly , and the Whig Party's Log Cabin.The paper was home to...
, the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
and The New York Times from 1946-48.
Founding the Guardian
Aronson founded the National Guardian in 1949 with John T. McManusJohn T. McManus
John Thomas McManus was an American journalist active in progressive politics in the 1950s and 1960s best known as co-founder of the National Guardian, a left-leaning newspaper....
and Cedric Belfrage
Cedric Belfrage
Cedric Henning Belfrage was a socialist, author, journalist, translator and co-founder of the radical US-weekly newspaper the National Guardian...
. It continued publishing until 1992.
Other work
Aronson also worked as a professor at Hunter CollegeHunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
of the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
. In 1981 he was invited to Mainland China to teach newswriting by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Aronson was the first American to be invited to teach such classes since the Communists pushed the Nationalists off the mainland. In China he found that the content and style were what the Maoist government wanted to change about Chinese journalism, not the purpose.
Books
- The Press and the Cold War (1970)
- Something to Guard: The Stormy Life of the National Guardian (1978) (w/ Cedric BelfrageCedric BelfrageCedric Henning Belfrage was a socialist, author, journalist, translator and co-founder of the radical US-weekly newspaper the National Guardian...
)
External links
- Times change; fifth remembered: The Nation; Dec. 27, 1986