One of the four Fs of the women’s pages is furnishings. (Although I have found that at some newspapers, furnishings stories were found in the real estate section.) For decades, the top recognition for furnishing coverage was the Dorothy Dawe Award. Yesterday, I started looking into furnishings coverage and the award.

I learned that the award is named for a furnishings reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. (That is a photo of her above.) I found her obituary – which noted that she died at age 42 but there were no other details. I am filling out the paperwork to get her death certificate. I did discover this story about a talk that Milwaukee Journal women’s page editor Aileen Ryan gave about Dawe. I published an article about Ryan in 2004.

I plan to look for trends in furnishings coverage – starting with the award winners.

I also plan to look at the work of women’s page journalists at the Milwaukee Journal. The newspaper appears to be a real leader in fashion, food and furnishing coverage.

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One of the four Fs of the women’s pages is furnishings. (Although I have found that at some newspapers, furnishings stories were found in the real estate section.) For decades, the top recognition for furnishing coverage was the Dorothy Dawe Award. Yesterday, I started looking into furnishings coverage and the award.

I learned that the award is named for a furnishings reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. (That is a photo of her above.) I found her obituary – which noted that she died at age 42 but there were no other details. I am filling out the paperwork to get her death certificate. I did discover this story about a talk that Milwaukee Journal women’s page editor Aileen Ryan gave about Dawe. I published an article about Ryan in 2004.

I plan to look for trends in furnishings coverage – starting with the award winners.

I also plan to look at the work of women’s page journalists at the Milwaukee Journal. The newspaper appears to be a real leader in fashion, food and furnishing coverage.

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