Home › Authors › Gerald J. Baldasty Gerald J. Baldasty 5 books Biography American media historian. Professor at the Department of Communication, University of Washington. Books by Gerald J. Baldasty Vigilante newspapers 2005 E.W. Scripps and the business of newspapers 1999 Ruthless criticism 1993 The commercialization of news in the nineteenth century 1992 The press and politics in the The press and politics in the age of Jackson 1984