Florida Women's Pages
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Chusmir quote in Editor & Publisher
I have found several great articles with quotes from Miami Herald women’s page editor-turned-managing editor Janet Chusmir. Here is one of my favorites from the industry magazine Editor & Publisher.
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More Janet Chusmir video
Miami Herald Executive Editor Janet Chusmir speaks at a 1989 conference about women and the media.
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More Janet Chusmir video
Miami Herald Executive Editor Janet Chusmir speaks at a 1989 conference about women and the media.
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Women’s Page Editor Arlene Alligood
I am just beginning to collect information about 1968 Penney-Missouri Award-winning women’s page editor Arlene Alligood. She spent most of the 1960s working at the St. Petersburg Times and the Evening-Independent. While at the sister newspapers, she would have worked with Anne Rowe Goldman and Gloria Biggs. Here is one of her articles. Her Penney-Missouri Award was for her work at the Suffolk Sun in New York. She was a founding editor of the newspaper which began publication on November 21, 1966. In January of 1968, she joined the women’s page staff at the Washington Post. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida. Here is…
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Women’s Page Editor Arlene Alligood
I am just beginning to collect information about 1968 Penney-Missouri Award-winning women’s page editor Arlene Alligood. She spent most of the 1960s working at the St. Petersburg Times and the Evening-Independent. While at the sister newspapers, she would have worked with Anne Rowe Goldman and Gloria Biggs. Here is one of her articles. Her Penney-Missouri Award was for her work at the Suffolk Sun in New York. She was a founding editor of the newspaper which began publication on November 21, 1966. In January of 1968, she joined the women’s page staff at the Washington Post. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida. Here is…
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Janet Chusmir speaking
Miami Herald Executive Editor Janet Chusmir (who began her career at the Herald as a women’s page reporter working for Marie Anderson) offered interesting insight into the role of women in journalism during this 1988 panel, Women in Newspaper Management. Janet made the transition from the women’s pages to management rather easily. Others, like Gloria Biggs of Florida Today, struggled. The DVD is available through C-SPAN.