journalism history
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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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Jeanne Voltz and food journalism
I just received another Jeanne Voltz cookbook: The L.A. Gourmet. Jeanne Voltz was a leading food editor for the Miami Herald in the 1950s and the Los Angeles Times in the 1960s. Food sections were a large part of women’s pages. Voltz also wrote more than a dozen cookbooks. What has been helpful about the books has been the dedication pages. Through the dedications, I have learned quite a bit about her parents and grandmother. I am completing a conference paper about Voltz and her work at the Times. In my look at her articles, I have found much more than simple recipes. She explores government regulation, consumer news and…
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Jeanne Voltz and food journalism
I just received another Jeanne Voltz cookbook: The L.A. Gourmet. Jeanne Voltz was a leading food editor for the Miami Herald in the 1950s and the Los Angeles Times in the 1960s. Food sections were a large part of women’s pages. Voltz also wrote more than a dozen cookbooks. What has been helpful about the books has been the dedication pages. Through the dedications, I have learned quite a bit about her parents and grandmother. I am completing a conference paper about Voltz and her work at the Times. In my look at her articles, I have found much more than simple recipes. She explores government regulation, consumer news and…
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Jim Bellows quotes
I found this site that sells items with quotes from famous newspaper editor Jim Bellows. Jim was married to women’s page editor Maggie Savoy until her death in 1970. I am hoping to write a conference paper about Jim soon – especially his approach to women in journalism. He had progressive views on women’s news and women in the newsroom. I have several of his letters that I found in archives at the University of Missouri (Penney-Missouri Award papers) and the University of Miami (Papers of Helen Muir). I just ordered a water bottle with one of Jim’s quotes – I am hoping it inspires me to get started on…
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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.
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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.
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