SCH English Teacher Co-Edits Book on Local TV History

SCH Upper School English teacher Lauren Herold is bringing her expertise in media and television history to a national audience with the release of her new co-edited book, published by The University of Georgia Press, Local TV: Histories, Communities, and Aesthetics. 

“I'm endlessly interested in how we create and interpret literature, media, and popular culture and how those things impact the world around us,” says Herold.

Part of The Peabody Series in Media History, this volume offers a scholarly examination of the overlooked history of local television practices, policies, and debates across the U.S. It demonstrates local TV's power to unite marginalized groups and details how communities have actively participated in production—from the medium's earliest days to the present—to create media that addresses their specific needs and concerns.

Herold says texts like these inform her teaching: “I love facilitating conversations about these kinds of cultural texts with my students: Their ideas and insights in class teach me new ways to think about these topics on a daily basis.”

Dr. Herold, who holds a Ph.D. in screen cultures from Northwestern University, is an independent scholar whose research explores community media, television history, and feminist and LGBTQ cultural production. Her scholarly work has appeared in numerous respected academic journals, including Jump Cut, Television & New Media, and Velvet Light Trap.