Born on this day in 1933: Carol Sutton. She was the first woman to be named managing editor of a metro daily newspaper – at the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1974. It was major news at the time and she was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1975. She went on to champion minority recruitment and journalism ethics at her newspaper. She was the women’s page editor prior to her promotion to M.E. She worked to transform the women’s page into a progressive session and included early coverage of the women’s liberation movement. Carol was a true trailblazer. She died in 1985. My article about her is in the…

Born on this day in 1933: Carol Sutton. She was the first woman to be named managing editor of a metro daily newspaper – at the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1974. It was major news at the time and she was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1975. She went on to champion minority recruitment and journalism ethics at her newspaper. She was the women’s page editor prior to her promotion to M.E. She worked to transform the women’s page into a progressive session and included early coverage of the women’s liberation movement. Carol was a true trailblazer. She died in 1985. My article about her is in the…

My article about Louisville Courier-Journal women’s page editor Carol Sutton has come out in the AJHA journal, American Journalism. Here is a link to the abstract.

My article about Louisville Courier-Journal women’s page editor Carol Sutton has come out in the AJHA journal, American Journalism. Here is a link to the abstract.

Today’s Kentucky Derby reminds me of Louisville women’s page editor Carol Sutton. She went on to become the first female managing editor of a major metro daily. She was a native of St. Louis but spent her entire career in Louisville. My article about Carol comes out in American Journalism later this month. An abstract is available here under Winter 2010. I recently found new video of Carol that I am hoping to have copied. It was great to actually see her speak.

Today’s Kentucky Derby reminds me of Louisville women’s page editor Carol Sutton. She went on to become the first female managing editor of a major metro daily. She was a native of St. Louis but spent her entire career in Louisville. My article about Carol comes out in American Journalism later this month. An abstract is available here under Winter 2010. I recently found new video of Carol that I am hoping to have copied. It was great to actually see her speak.