Ann Hamman
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Brand Names & Food Journalism
In his industry article attacking food editors, Richard Karp wrote that he found four or five articles in The New York Times, out of the numerous articles he examined published over the course of a decade, included brand names in recipes. His accusation is that the use of the brand names was a form of advertising – a violation of journalism’s standards. According to an academic study of newspaper food journalists, editors may have depended on public relations materials for information “they were not spoon-fed by business.” The study’s author noted that newspapers had policies that forbid the use of brand names in recipes. Instead, food editors had a list…
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Happy Veteran’s Day
A few of the women’s page journalists I study were in the Service. For example, Ann Hamann served in the Army during World War II. After the war, she used the G.I. Bill to earn a master’s degree in home economics. She went on to become a food editor of an Indiana newspaper. In her retirement, she joined the Peace Corps I interviewed Ann’s son last year and have collected several of her food columns. Happy Veteran’s Day!
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Food editors ponder food in the future
I am continuing to collect information about the history of the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association. I came across this article about their 1978 meeting. At the gathering, speakers focused on the future of food. This is the lead: “Science fiction generally paints a bleak picture of food in the year 2001: daily doses of little red vitamin pills and tasteless chemical mixtures, or diets of sautéed mealworms, crunchy crickets and vegetable-protein concoctions.” I am planning a conference paper about the group and food editors Peggy Daum and Ann Hamman. Understanding the food sections adds to journalism and culinary history.
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Food editors ponder food in the future
I am continuing to collect information about the history of the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association. I came across this article about their 1978 meeting. At the gathering, speakers focused on the future of food. This is the lead: “Science fiction generally paints a bleak picture of food in the year 2001: daily doses of little red vitamin pills and tasteless chemical mixtures, or diets of sautéed mealworms, crunchy crickets and vegetable-protein concoctions.” I am planning a conference paper about the group and food editors Peggy Daum and Ann Hamman. Understanding the food sections adds to journalism and culinary history.
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Ann Hamman FOIA
I just received this Freedom of Information Act request on Indiana women’s page editor Ann Hamman. This document shows Hamman’s service in the WAAC was from April 29, 1943 to August 8, 1949. She was a first lieutenant and earned a World War II Victory Medal. I am working on an article about Hamman’s career.
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Ann Hamman FOIA
I just received this Freedom of Information Act request on Indiana women’s page editor Ann Hamman. This document shows Hamman’s service in the WAAC was from April 29, 1943 to August 8, 1949. She was a first lieutenant and earned a World War II Victory Medal. I am working on an article about Hamman’s career.
