Post by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette

Here's a nice blog post by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette, independent historian, and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.  The post, from July 19th, is about advances in technology, in the 1960s, which affected the coverage of political conventions. 

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/science-service-technology-political-conventions

When I last hosted a radio talk show (it aired on a nostalgia-oriented Internet station), I spoke on two occasions with Dr. LaFollette.  On one of the programs, we discussed her excellent 2009 book Science on the Air: Popularizers and Personalities on Radio and Early Television (University of Chicago Press).  

https://www.amazon.com/Science-Air-Popularizers-Personalities-Television-ebook/dp/B002GKC4AQ/

On a later broadcast, we talked about her fine follow-up book, 2013's Science on American Television: A History (also published by University of Chicago Press).

https://www.amazon.com/Science-American-Television-Chotkowski-LaFollette-ebook/dp/B00ARKOBYO/

Another of LaFollete's books--which I have on my shelf, but have not yet read--is Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century (University Press of Kansas, 2008).

https://www.amazon.com/Reframing-Scopes-Journalists-Scientists-Photographs/dp/0700615687/