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Miami Herald’s Margaria Fichtner Retires
Her FB post made me wonder and sure enough, the Miami Herald’s Margaria Fichtner has retired. She served in many positions at the newspaper, most recently its Arts Editor. Here is a great post about her. This was my favorite part: “But, we simply could not allow more than four decades of such talent, tradition and history walk out the door without note. Especially since she was once Herald Club Editor. As in: she handled coverage of women’s clubs, a truly astounding concept on several levels.” (For me, this was a moment of admiration for a woman who had witnessed such change since her start in 1968.) I was sad…
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Miami Herald’s Margaria Fichtner Retires
Her FB post made me wonder and sure enough, the Miami Herald’s Margaria Fichtner has retired. She served in many positions at the newspaper, most recently its Arts Editor. Here is a great post about her. This was my favorite part: “But, we simply could not allow more than four decades of such talent, tradition and history walk out the door without note. Especially since she was once Herald Club Editor. As in: she handled coverage of women’s clubs, a truly astounding concept on several levels.” (For me, this was a moment of admiration for a woman who had witnessed such change since her start in 1968.) I was sad…
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Dorothy Roe and Trial Coverage
All of the coverage of the Casey Anthony trial (a local story for us here in Orlando) has me thinking about one of the few roles for women in journalism outside of the women’s pages: as “sob sisters.” These women covered trials in a sensational way. One woman who was first a sob sister and then a longtime women’s page editor for the Associated Press. Here is from an earlier post on Dorothy: Dorothy Roe was born in 1905 in Alba, Missouri. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1924 and soon began her career as a reporter in El Dorado, Arkansas. It was a weekly newspaper that…
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Dorothy Roe and Trial Coverage
All of the coverage of the Casey Anthony trial (a local story for us here in Orlando) has me thinking about one of the few roles for women in journalism outside of the women’s pages: as “sob sisters.” These women covered trials in a sensational way. One woman who was first a sob sister and then a longtime women’s page editor for the Associated Press. Here is from an earlier post on Dorothy: Dorothy Roe was born in 1905 in Alba, Missouri. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1924 and soon began her career as a reporter in El Dorado, Arkansas. It was a weekly newspaper that…
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Dear Abby and Ann Landers
Yesterday was the birthday of two advice columnists whose work usually ran in the women’s pages. According to the National Women’s History Museum, born on July 4,1918: Twins Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer and Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips – columnists writing as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren or Dear Abby. When it came to the “F” of fmaily in the women’s pages, it was these writers who led the way. Many newspapers also including a local advice columnist. My favorite was Eleanor Hart at the Miami Herald. I presented a paper about her work last fall. Here is more about her. Advice columns had a powerful role in communities and…
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Dear Abby and Ann Landers
Yesterday was the birthday of two advice columnists whose work usually ran in the women’s pages. According to the National Women’s History Museum, born on July 4,1918: Twins Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer and Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips – columnists writing as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren or Dear Abby. When it came to the “F” of fmaily in the women’s pages, it was these writers who led the way. Many newspapers also including a local advice columnist. My favorite was Eleanor Hart at the Miami Herald. I presented a paper about her work last fall. Here is more about her. Advice columns had a powerful role in communities and…
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