Post by Sue on Jul 31, 2021 12:01:22 GMT -5
No study of the media aspects of the Lindbergh case would be complete without the mention of the name of Joseph Costa.
Costa, born in Sicily, was a photographer at the 1935 Flemington trial.
During the trial, Costa lived in Flemington.
He worked for newspapers such as the New York Morning World and the New York Daily News.
In later years, Costa was a professor of photojournalism at Ball State University in Indiana.
Throughout his life, he gave lectures at colleges and universities and was an authority on cameras in the courtroom.
He was executive editor of the National Press Photographers Association.
Apparently, in 1981 Costa gave a memorable talk in Memphis, Tennessee about camera coverage at the Lindbergh trial.
The University of Memphis still makes mention of that talk Costa gave for the 6th Southeast Colloquium at the Sheraton in Memphis.
According to the U of Memphis page, the Sheraton was:
"the site of the 1981 colloquium, with Gerald Stone of Memphis State as coordinator. A highlight of the sixth Southeast Colloquium was Joseph Costa's talk about his camera coverage of the Bruno Hauptmann trial for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Conferees also attended Memphis's famed Blues Alley and sampled some memorable barbecued ribs."
The 2002 book Cameras in the Courtroom: Television and the Pursuit of Justice by Marjorie Cohn has a quote from Costa where he says that photographers were unfairly blamed for the circus atmosphere at the trial.
1981 - forty years ago Joseph Costa presented that talk. Like a lot of Lindbergh case documentation, a wonder if there exists a video or a transcript of the presentation?
Costa, born in Sicily, was a photographer at the 1935 Flemington trial.
During the trial, Costa lived in Flemington.
He worked for newspapers such as the New York Morning World and the New York Daily News.
In later years, Costa was a professor of photojournalism at Ball State University in Indiana.
Throughout his life, he gave lectures at colleges and universities and was an authority on cameras in the courtroom.
He was executive editor of the National Press Photographers Association.
Apparently, in 1981 Costa gave a memorable talk in Memphis, Tennessee about camera coverage at the Lindbergh trial.
The University of Memphis still makes mention of that talk Costa gave for the 6th Southeast Colloquium at the Sheraton in Memphis.
According to the U of Memphis page, the Sheraton was:
"the site of the 1981 colloquium, with Gerald Stone of Memphis State as coordinator. A highlight of the sixth Southeast Colloquium was Joseph Costa's talk about his camera coverage of the Bruno Hauptmann trial for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Conferees also attended Memphis's famed Blues Alley and sampled some memorable barbecued ribs."
The 2002 book Cameras in the Courtroom: Television and the Pursuit of Justice by Marjorie Cohn has a quote from Costa where he says that photographers were unfairly blamed for the circus atmosphere at the trial.
1981 - forty years ago Joseph Costa presented that talk. Like a lot of Lindbergh case documentation, a wonder if there exists a video or a transcript of the presentation?