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Barbara Abel Interview
Today I interviewed former Milwaukee Journal reporter Barbara Abel. I spoke with her about Journal furnishings editor Lois Hagen – featured above. Barbara shared some great stories and reminded me that I need to look into Journal society editor Connie Daniell. There were so many great journalists in the Milwaukee Journal during the 1940s through the 1960s.
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Super Bowl Sunday
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a great food-related Super Bowl story today. It looks like Packer fans like anything green and gold – which we agree with at this house. The more investigation I do of the Milwaukee Journal in the 1950s and 1960s, the more convinced I am that it had one of the best women’s pages in the country. This was especially true in its food and fashion coverage. We will be cheering for the Packers tonight!
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NY Times food editor Craig Claiborne
As part of my revise and resubmit about Miami Herald and L.A. Times food editor Jeanne Voltz, I have been researching more about the food journalists who pre-dated her post-WWW years. The two most influential names were Clementine Paddleford and Craig Claiborne who is featured above. A great book about Clementine came out a few years ago: Hometown Appetites. I just got done reading Craig’s memoir. He had a brief mention of Clementine that was rather dismissive: “Clementine Paddleford would not have been able to distinguish skillfully scrambled eggs from a third-rate omelet. I am not at all sure that she had ever cooked a serious meal in her life.”…
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Pittsburgh fashion editor Barbara Cloud
I just came upon Barbara Cloud – the now retired fashion editor several Pennsylvania newspapers, including the now-defunct Pittsburgh Press and the Post-Gazette. Most women’s pages included a fashion editor. In a magazine profile she said:“Not being schooled in fashion writing,” says Cloud—who would later serve as fashion editor of The Pittsburgh Press for 33 years—“possibly allowed me to open up with more personal observations. That’s what I found interesting. When I want to share a story with readers, I begin to write as if I am writing a letter to a friend and I want them to know what or who I have just seen.” And Cloud has seen…
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End of the NYT’s Minimalist
Here is a story about the end of the New York Times food column, the Minimalist. It is a nice history of the section and the changing coverage of food. Here is a brief summary: “The Minimalist first appeared on Sept. 17, 1997. It was the brainchild of Rick Flaste, who created the Dining In/Dining Out section (now the Dining section); Trish Hall, my on-and-off editor; and me. It was conceived as a successor to Pierre Franey’s classic 60-Minute Gourmet column, but with a less French, more modern, less chef-y sensibility. In addition, Rick wanted the recipes to be “smart,” and although I couldn’t quite figure out what that meant,…
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The Wednesday Five: Over 50 and Still in High Heels, ELLE Lightens a Beauty Queen, And a Lost Voice at Salon | Women’s Voices For Change
The Wednesday Five: Over 50 and Still in High Heels, ELLE Lightens a Beauty Queen, And a Lost Voice at Salon | Women's Voices For Change The second post mentions the end of Broadsheet and my commentary on it.
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