David Copeland, A. J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communications, has released a book that traces the origins of a free press in the United States from its English roots in religious reformation and Enlightenment thought through its formation and application in Colonial and Revolutionary America.
The book, The Idea of a Free Press: The Enlightenment and Its Unruly Legacy, is published by Northwestern University Press. Daniel Schorr, senior analyst for National Public Radio and CBS correspondent for more than 20 years, wrote the book’s forword.