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More Jane Nickerson Article Analysis
I am going over my clips from Jane Nickerson’s work at the New York Times and have found clear evidence of her “food as news” work. (This goes counter to the credit that too many historians give later NYT food editor Craig Claiborne.) Take for example, the above article from August 14, 1946. In it, Nickerson writes: “Potatoes have been pressed into service as a substitute so that more grain and flour can be sent to starving people.” She goes on to give several sample recipes using potatoes.
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Collecting Jane Nickerson Articles
Today I am analyzing some of the article I have collected by New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson. They reveal a variety of topics, many that could be considered hard news. In the limited world of newspaper food history, Craig Claiborne isgiven enormous acclaim. In fact, in June 2011 the New School devoted apanel to “Craig Claiborne and the Invention of Food Journalism.” Theprogram noted: “His career skyrocketed when The New York Times hiredhim as its first food columnist in 1957. Claiborne’s columns, reviewsand cookbooks introduced Americans to a wide range of internationaland ethnic food. Other newspapers followed The New York Times’s lead,and soon a cadre of authoritative newspaper…
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Food Ethics Article Out for Review
I heard from the editor of Gastronomica yesterday and the article that Lance I wrote is going out to reviewers. Our article is “Food Fight: Accusations of Press Agentry, a Case for Ethics, and the Development of the Association of Food Journalists.” In it, we look at the role of food editors, and Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum specifically, in the development of codes of ethics that related to food journalism – a cornerstone of the women’s pages.
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Final edits on Eleni Epstein
We have finished our final edits of our article about Washington Star fashion editor Eleni Estein. She won the first fashion award in the Penney-Missouri Award. Her papers are in the National Women and Media Collection – the only fashion editor in the Collection. The article goes off to a journal for review next week.
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Another Jeanne Voltz reference
I have been reading the book, Secret Ingredients, by Sherrie Inness as a possible text for my graduate class which will include material on gender and food. In the book, I came across the name of Jeanne Voltz who was a food editor in the women’s pages of the Miami Herald and the L.A. Times. In this book, Inness refers to Voltz’s natural food cookbook: “A return to simple foods is surfacing in unexpected places – the lunch bag of a businessman escaping the devastation of martini lunches.” (p 89) My article about Voltz has been revised and resubmitted. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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Eleni Epstein & Fashion Journalism
I am working on revising my article about Washington Star Fashion Editor Eleni Epstein. It is a biographical piece that I am reworking and adding a section about other overlooked fashion editors. Fashion is one of the four Fs of the women’s pages. I make the argument that these women are worthy of study for the contribution they made to journalism history. They contributed to the social, economic and textile development of their communities. Because these women covered soft news, rather than hard news they have been largely left out of much of journalism history. They deserve to be included just as food journalism is just now earning respect. In…
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