Smith, M. R. (2005). FeatureWriting.Net. Bloomington, IL: Epistelogic Publishing.

Smith, M. R. (2002). The Jesus Newspaper. Lanham, Md: University Press of America.

Books/Short history

Smith, M. R. (1994). Yesterday's Waynesboro, A pictorial history. Shippensburg, Pa: The News-Chronicle Co.

Smith, M. R. (1991). Worship in Franklin County: Sketches of faith from the mid-1700s to the Civil War, Shippensburg, Pa: University Press.

Book chapters

Smith, M. R. (2002). Editorial cartoons and comics. In W. D. Sloan & L. M. Parcell (Eds.), American journalism, history, principles, practices (pp. 343-349). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Keeler, J., Tarpley, J. D, & Smith, M. R., (1999). The National Courier: A Case Study in Selling Religious Ideology as News. In W. D. Sloan (Ed.), Media and Religion in American History (pp. 275-290). Birmingham, AL: Vision Press.

Smith, M. R. (1998). The apologetics of Chesterton and Lewis in a world marked by disbelief. In Hill, R. (Ed.), Inklings forever, A collection of essays (pp. 130-133). Upland, IN: Taylor University.

Smith, M. R. (1994). Assistive technology and software, liberating all of us. In J. A. Nelson (Ed.), The disabled, the media and the information age ( 127-144). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Articles in journals

Smith, M. R. (1999, Summer). My Newspaper is older than your newspaper! American Journalism, 16(3), 99-101.

Smith, M. R. (1998, Spring). Extra! Extra! Pennsylvania's Tim Hughes offers old and rare newspapers for sale. American Journalism, 15(2), 101-104.

Refereed articles in scholarly journals

Smith, M. R. (Forthcoming). Fantasy theme analysis and Charles M. Sheldon. The Journal of Media and Religion.

Smith, M. R. (1996, Spring). Postmodernism influences on modern American, Journalism news conventions. Regent Online Journal of Communication, 1(3). No longer online.

Smith, M. R. (1996, March). Culpability Theory and the role of the press in covering a hazardous waste proposal: A case study, Journal of Mediated Communication, 11(1), 73-95.

Smith, M. R. (1995, October). Consensus building: A prescriptive approach for risk communication. Journal of Mediated Communication, 10(3), 29-52.

Smith, M. R. (1995, March). International Religious Broadcasting and the Need for Audience Research. Journal of Mediated Communication, 10(1), 35-53.

Keefer, J.D. & Smith, M. R. (1993, February). Newspaper employment of journalists with disabilities. Newspaper Research Journal, 13(4), 40-49.

Smith, M. R. (1992, Spring). The ADA, congress and the press. News Computing Journal, 7(4), 39-49.

Smith, M. R. (1991, Fall). Audiotex: Its popularity and problems, 900 numbers in the 1990s. News Computing Journal, 7(3), 15-31.

Smith, M. R. (1991, Winter). Language use affects coverage of people with disabilities. Journalism Educator, 45(4), 4-11.

Encyclopedia entries

Smith, M. R. (1999). Cal Thomas. In M.D. Murray (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Television News (p. 254). Phoenix, AZ: Oryx.

Smith, M. R. (1999). Richard Valerini. In M.D. Murray (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Television News (p. 266). Phoenix, AZ: Oryx.

Smith, M. R. (1999). Sander Vanocur. In M.D. Murray (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Television News (p. 268). Phoenix, AZ: Oryx.

Smith, M. R. (1999). George F. Will. In M.D. Murray (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Television News (p. 282). Phoenix, AZ: Oryx.

Academic book review

Smith, M. R. (Forthcoming). [Review of the book Beyond the Barricades, Nicaragua and the Struggle for the Sandinista Press]. American Journalism.

Bibliography in peer-refereed journal

Smith, M. R. (1995, Spring). Media and disability bibliography project. Disability Studies Quarterly, 15(2), 30-43.

Smith, M. R. (1995, Spring). Media and disability policy: An annotated bibliography. Disability Studies Quarterly, 15(2), 22-26.

Selected professional press articles

Smith, M. R. (1995, October 21). Full-page personal ads are the talk of small Pennsylvania town. Editor & Publisher, p. 22.

Smith, M. R. (1991, January 26). New age journalism. Editor & Publisher, pp. 1-40,

Smith, M. R. (1990, August 2). AJC launches voter hotline. The Georgia Press Association Bulletin, p. 2

Smith, M. R. (1989, November 4). Voice/video information, Cox is offering a sophisticated communication system for its Atlanta newspaper readers. Editor & Publisher, p. 34.

Smith, M. R. (1986, July/August). Small town readers echo national sample in paper’s survey. ASNE Bulletin, pp. 24-26.

Papers accepted for presentation

Smith, M. R. (2001, August). Fantasy Theme Analysis in the interplay of Charles M. Sheldon’s In His Steps. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 8-10, Washington, D.C.

Smith, M. R. & Tarpley, J. D. (1999, March). The National Courier: A case study in selling religious ideology as news. Paper presented at the annual American Journalism Historians Association/ Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Northeast Regional Journalism History Conference at New York University, March 13-14, New York City.

Smith, M. R. (1993, November). The role of ritualistic communication in early American newspapers. Paper presented at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International/Intercultural Conference Magazine Division Conference, November 5-6, Columbia, S.C.

Smith, M. R. (1993, August). The diffusion of innovation of telecommunications and people with disabilities. Paper presented at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual convention, August 8-9, Kansas City, KS.

Smith, M. R. (1992, August). The ADA, U.S. Congress and the press. Paper presented at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual convention, August 8-9, Montreal, Canada.