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Reaching historical audiences beyond books

YouTube and podcasts provide routes to historical audiences who may later seek out a historian's books.

Notes

Writing books does not guarantee that historians will reach the people who could benefit from their research. YouTube and podcasts provide ways to meet audiences where they already seek information. They can introduce historical work before readers are expected to seek out its longer treatment in books. This approach to public history treats sharing what has been learned as part of the historian's work.