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New Gloria Biggs’ letters
I recently received a new file of letters from Florida women’s page editor Gloria Biggs during the 1970s and 1980s. They are at the Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University. Most of the letters were back and forth between Biggs and George Beebe about her work with the World Press Freedom Committee. My favorite part of the file was a handwritten note from Biggs on a February 9, 1978 letter. She wrote: “P.S. I know you’re as delighted as I am about Marj Paxson’s promotion to publisher.” Marjorie Paxson was a Florida women’s page editor who became the fourth female publisher in the Gannett newspaper chain. Biggs had been the…
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UCF course release to study food content
I just learned I received a course release from UCF for Spring 2012 to study one of the topics of the women’s pages: food. In particular, I will look at the intersection of food policy and media coverage. Little is known about the coverage of food news in the women’s pages. This will build on the research I am currently doing on the work of the New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson in the post-World War II years.
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UCF course release to study food content
I just learned I received a course release from UCF for Spring 2012 to study one of the topics of the women’s pages: food. In particular, I will look at the intersection of food policy and media coverage. Little is known about the coverage of food news in the women’s pages. This will build on the research I am currently doing on the work of the New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson in the post-World War II years.
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Peggy Daum article revisions
Today I am working on revisions of my article about Milwaukee Journal women’s page journalist and later food editor Peggy Daum. Daum had a strong journalism background that she applied to her beat – food. Barbara Dembski, the Milwaukee Journal’s assistant managing editor of features, said Daum never abandoned her audience. She said of Daum: “Despite her national stature in food journalism, she never forgot who her section was for. She wrote it for the typical, salt-of-the-earth, best cook on the block.” And those neighborhood cooks, her readers, regularly called her with questions about new dishes and in later years questions about new grocery store items like tofu or cilantro.…
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Peggy Daum article revisions
Today I am working on revisions of my article about Milwaukee Journal women’s page journalist and later food editor Peggy Daum. Daum had a strong journalism background that she applied to her beat – food. Barbara Dembski, the Milwaukee Journal’s assistant managing editor of features, said Daum never abandoned her audience. She said of Daum: “Despite her national stature in food journalism, she never forgot who her section was for. She wrote it for the typical, salt-of-the-earth, best cook on the block.” And those neighborhood cooks, her readers, regularly called her with questions about new dishes and in later years questions about new grocery store items like tofu or cilantro.…
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My Talk about Gloria Biggs at the Florida Historical Society Meeting
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