Last night we watched Diane Sawyer’s debut as anchor of the ABC Evening News. She is the second woman to be a solo anchor of the national evening news.

There has not been too much publicity (especially compared to when Katie was the first) although she is getting good reviews in the media sections.

Of the few women’s page editors who went on to management, it was typically the ones who came second, third or fourth who had success. For example, Gloria Biggs was the first female publisher in the Gannett chain after being the women’s page editor in St. Pete. She was not adequately trained and only served a short term. The chain management made sure to properly train its fourth female publisher Marj Paxson. (She was a women’s page editor at many newspapers in Texas and Florida.) She served many years as publisher before retiring. Here is my earlier article about Marj.

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Last night we watched Diane Sawyer’s debut as anchor of the ABC Evening News. She is the second woman to be a solo anchor of the national evening news.

There has not been too much publicity (especially compared to when Katie was the first) although she is getting good reviews in the media sections.

Of the few women’s page editors who went on to management, it was typically the ones who came second, third or fourth who had success. For example, Gloria Biggs was the first female publisher in the Gannett chain after being the women’s page editor in St. Pete. She was not adequately trained and only served a short term. The chain management made sure to properly train its fourth female publisher Marj Paxson. (She was a women’s page editor at many newspapers in Texas and Florida.) She served many years as publisher before retiring. Here is my earlier article about Marj.

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