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Mass Media, Day One: The Post Office

Penguin Books

Quick, name the federal agency you most recently had contact with.  For a lot of people, the answer would be the Postal Service. 

Its mission and importance have changed in the age of email, but it certainly can be argued that the postal agency is of vital importance. 

In fact, that IS the argument of Winifred Gallagher's book How The Post Office Created America

Gallagher points out that the Continental Congress created a postal agency before it did almost anything else.  It predates the Declaration of Independence by a year.  The author visits the Exchange with the determination of the Founders and the execution of their idea.   
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.