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Snyder, Robert
Robert W. Snyder, a historian, is an associate professor
of journalism and media studies and an affiliate
associate professor of history at Rutgers-Newark
Currently working on a book about New York in the
years of the crack epidemic, he is the author of The
Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in
New York, and Transit Talk: New York’s Bus and
Subway Workers Tell Their Stories; the co-author of
Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their
New York, which won the Barr Prize of the College
Art Association; and the co-editor of nine volumes in
media studies. Snyder has worked in newspapers,
magazines, television, radio and multimedia to present
history to a broad public. He wrote, produced
and directed the documentary short City Kids Meet
Ashcan Art, which won a Gold Apple from the
National Educational Media Network. He was a consultant
and interview source for Tom Lennon’s documentary
series The Irish in America: Long Journey
Home. He directed the research for Ric Burns’ film
New York and served as a consultant and interview
source for the Sonic Memorial project on September
11 and the World Trade Center, which won the
Peabody Award. He was a consultant and interview
source for PBS’ History Detectives. Most recently,
he appeared as an interview source in the documentary
Kong’s New York, 1933, which accompanied the
2005 release of Peter Jackson’s film, King Kong.
Formerly the editor of Media Studies Journal, he
also worked at Newsday, the journalism review More,
the Tarrytown Daily News and Channel 13/WNET,
the public television station of New York City. His
reviews and articles have been published in scholarly
journals such as the Journal of American History,
Journalism and Reviews in American History and in
general interest publications such as the New York
Times, The Nation, the Columbia Journalism Review,
the Jesuit magazine America, the Jewish Forward,
the Star-Ledger of New Jersey and
opendemocracy.net. The
New York Times, National
Public Radio, WNJN, the public television station of
New Jersey, the BBC, CNBC, CBS and Newsday have interviewed
him on urban affairs and media issues. Snyder earned his doctorate
in American history
at New York University. He has also taught at
Princeton University and New York University. He
lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. |
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