Curtis D. MacDougall

Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903 - 1985) was an American journalist, teacher and writer.

Background Curtis Daniel MacDougall was born on February 11, 1903, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He obtained a BA in English from Ripon College in 1923 and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1926). In 1933, he received his PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin.

Eastern Illinois University offers a Curtis D. MacDougall Scholarship. Roosevelt University offers a "Curtis D. MacDougall Tuition Scholarship."

Works

MacDougall was the author of the influential book Interpretative Reporting (1938), which has been widely cited. William David Sloan has commented that "his many books, articles, and speeches helped set the tone and added to the debate surrounding journalism education for a half century."

Books The Library of Congress catalog contains the following: College course in reporting for beginners (1932) Teachers' manual of exercises, suggestions and bibliographical notations to be used in connection with Interpretative reporting (1938) Interpretative reporting (1968) Interpretative reporting (1972) Interpretative reporting (1977) Interpretative reporting (1982) Interpretative reporting (1987) Hoaxes (1940) Hoaxes (1958) Newsroom problems and policies (1941) Newsroom problems and policies (1963) Covering the courts (1946) Understanding public opinion (1952) Understanding public opinion (1966) Greater dead than alive (1963) Press and its problems (1964) Gideon's Army (3 volumes) (1965) Principles of editorial writing (1973) Superstition and the press (1983)

Books edited Reporters report reporters (1968)

Articles, Pamphlets, Speeches, Letters "Newspaper Hoaxes," Times-Index (1935) Letter to W.E.B. DuBois (28 September 1948) "Schools of Journalism Are Being Ruined" (1972)