Doctoral students Janis Cakars, Bill Gillis and Mike Lyons presented research at a joint conference of the American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division on March 24 at New York University.

Cakars presented "Targets of Communication for Latvia's Independence Movement, 1986-1991," part of his ongoing study on the media's role in Latvia's break from the Soviet Union.

Gilis and Lyons appeared together on a panel entitled "Free Press/Free Speech and its Constraints." Gillis?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ presentation was "Censors in the Shop: The Refusal of Printers to Handle a Black Students Newspaper" and Lyons presented "A Debate on the Sovereignty of Truth: The Libel Battle Between The Associated Press and The Masses."