Born on this day in 1933: Carol Sutton. She was the first woman to be named managing editor of a metro daily newspaper – at the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1974. It was major news at the time and she was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1975.

She went on to champion minority recruitment and journalism ethics at her newspaper.

She was the women’s page editor prior to her promotion to M.E. She worked to transform the women’s page into a progressive session and included early coverage of the women’s liberation movement.

Carol was a true trailblazer. She died in 1985.

My article about her is in the Winter 2010 issue of American Journalism.

Please follow and like us:

Born on this day in 1933: Carol Sutton. She was the first woman to be named managing editor of a metro daily newspaper – at the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1974. It was major news at the time and she was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1975.

She went on to champion minority recruitment and journalism ethics at her newspaper.

She was the women’s page editor prior to her promotion to M.E. She worked to transform the women’s page into a progressive session and included early coverage of the women’s liberation movement.

Carol was a true trailblazer. She died in 1985.

My article about her is in the Winter 2010 issue of American Journalism.

Please follow and like us: