What is literary journalism and why is it important? How does literary journalism engage with social justice issues? How do we navigate the rise of "fake news" and the decline of local journalism? How does a professor teach immersive journalism during a pandemic lockdown?
To answer these questions, our guest this episode is Rob Alexander, an Associate Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature. He specializes in the areas of rhetoric and composition and journalism studies. His research looks at how journalistic subjectivity expresses itself in literary journalism.
Rob’s scholarly work has appeared in various journals and edited books. He has written about literary journalism and ecocriticism for The Routledge Companion to American Journalism (2019) and most recently published Fear and Loathing Worldwide: Gonzo Journalism Beyond Hunter S. Thompson, edited with Christine Isager of the University of Copenhagen. His fiction work has appeared in Wild Rose Country and Prairie Fire.
Transcript available online at brocku.ca/humanities.
Links
Dr. Robert Alexander, faculty bio
Department of English Language and Literature, Brock University
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Studies program, Department of English, Brock University
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies Journal
Robert Alexander and Willa McDonald "Social Justice and Literary Journalism" (forthcoming)
John Richardson "Ballad of the Sad Climatologists" (Esquire, August 2015)
Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber "The Slow Professor" (University of Toronto Press, 2016)
Rob Nixon "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" (Harvard University Press, 2013)
Credits
Thank you to listening to Foreword.
Find our footnotes, links to more information, transcripts, and past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don’t miss an episode.
Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Our sound design and editing is by Nicole Arnt. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
Special thanks to Brock University’s MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Podcast Learning Network: Building Your Podcast Brand Online
Podcast Learning Network: Asking & Answering Interesting Questions
Allyship in Community Research Part 2
Allyship in Community Research Part 1
S5E07 Exploring Brain Injury Through Theatre with Mike Griffin
S5E06 The Royal Coronation with Gavin Watson
S5E05 Life After Grad School: An Alumnae Discussion Panel
S5E04 Preserving History at the Brown Homestead with John R. Heckman and Jess Linzel
S5E03 Finding a Career in Music with Nick Cooper
S5E02 Sport History with Dr. Taylor McKee
S5E01 A Creative Exploration of Mortality with Dr. Linda Carreiro
S4E10 Bonus: A Walk Through Mackenzie Chown with Lesley Bell
S4E09 Getting Lost in Mackenzie Chown Complex with Lesley Bell
S4E08 Research Creation with Julie Gemuend
S4E07 Luxury with Dr. Jessica Clark and Dr. Nigel Lezama
S4E06 Following Eliza Fenwick from London to Barbados to Niagara-on-the-Lake with Dr. Lissa Paul
S4E05 Archives & Special Collections with David Sharron
S4E04 Short Stories and Canadian Masculinity with Dr. Neta Gordon
S4E03 Childhood in Ancient Rome with Dr. Fanny Dolansky
S4E02 War Crimes, Genocides, and Conspiracies with Dr. Gregor Kranjc
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Dairyland Frights
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL