Jeanne Voltz
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Jeanne Voltz and James Beard
Women’s page journalist and food editor Jeanne Voltz (of the Miami Herald and then Los Angeles Times) is mentioned several times in this biography of food great James Beard. The two were good friends. I am working on a book chapter about Jeanne and a biographical sketch of James.
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Jeanne Voltz book
I just won my eBay bid for this signed book by Jeanne Voltz. I am writing a book chapter on her work as a food editor in Los Angeles.
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Jeanne Voltz manuscript
This is a copy of a book I just found that newspaper food journalist Jeanne Voltz edited. I am completing a book chapter about Voltz and her years as a food editor at the Los Angeles Times.
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Florida food editors
Yesterday I received a book I found on ebay – Food with a Florida Flair. It was written in 1968 by Miami Herald food editor Virginia Heffington. In it, she mentions that she won a Vesta Award in 1966. (That was the top award for food writing.) She would have worked for Marie Anderson and followed in the footsteps of Jeanne Voltz. I am studying the careers of food editors in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Bellows, Voltz and Christmas
For Christmas, Lance got me the book, 80:Our Most Famous 80 Year Olds. It is edited by Jim Bellows. Jim was a great editor at several major dailies, including the New York Herald Tribune and the Washington Star. Jim was an advocate for women at the newspapers he oversaw. He was married to influential women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. (There’s a chapter devoted to Maggie in the book shown in this post, The Last Editor.) Here’s a link to an interview with Jim. Here’s another interview link. Lance and I are working on a paper about Jim and other progressive male editors. Lance and I have spent the last two…
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Jeanne Voltz in Miami
I am working on an article about food editor Jeanne Voltz. I will focus on her time in Los Angeles. This page is from Voltz’s time in the women’s page at the Miami Herald. Notice the headshot of Voltz. The food editor was often a local celebrity.
