journalism history
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Kentucky Derby
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.
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Kentucky Derby
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.
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Ann Hamman
We spent the afternoon going through Indiana women’s page journalist and food editor Ann Hamman’s thesis on microfiche. Her thesis, about the cost effectiveness of washers and dryers in the post-World War era, was interesting and showed how home economics was very much about economics. Above is a great letter to the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review from Ann Hamman. I am still collecting the initial information about Ann’s career. She is the first of the women’s page editors I have studied who had a background in home economics and found journalism later.
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Ann Hamman
We spent the afternoon going through Indiana women’s page journalist and food editor Ann Hamman’s thesis on microfiche. Her thesis, about the cost effectiveness of washers and dryers in the post-World War era, was interesting and showed how home economics was very much about economics. Above is a great letter to the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review from Ann Hamman. I am still collecting the initial information about Ann’s career. She is the first of the women’s page editors I have studied who had a background in home economics and found journalism later.
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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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Editing at the beach
We spent yesterday at the beach. Curtis slept while I did the final proof on my article about Louisville women’s page editor (and later managing editor) Carol Sutton – it will be out later this month in American Journalism. I also started reading the book, A Big Life in Advertising. It is the story of one of the first female advertising executives in the 1950s and 1960s. Here is a chapter from the book. I plan to explore the interaction of women’s page editorial content and the advertising in the sections. I am also curious about how these “firsts” handled their new positions – especially if they had children.
