journalism history
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Society Writing
I found this great article about society writing – an important part of women’s pages. The writer explained the evolution of society writing as it was becoming more inclusive. Houston society columnist Betty Ewing is quoted. We plan to take a closer look at society news at some point, especially the coverage of brides.
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Society Writing
I found this great article about society writing – an important part of women’s pages. The writer explained the evolution of society writing as it was becoming more inclusive. Houston society columnist Betty Ewing is quoted. We plan to take a closer look at society news at some point, especially the coverage of brides.
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New women’s page thesis
I just received this thesis about women’s page content and editor training through ILL. It was done at the University of Wisconsin in 1967. It has some interesting results about the background of women’s page journalists – especially the formal education that many had in home economics. In the content analysis, the author reports that at larger circulation newspapers devoted the most space to food. The smaller devoted the most space to family news – this included columns like “Dear Abby.”
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New women’s page thesis
I just received this thesis about women’s page content and editor training through ILL. It was done at the University of Wisconsin in 1967. It has some interesting results about the background of women’s page journalists – especially the formal education that many had in home economics. In the content analysis, the author reports that at larger circulation newspapers devoted the most space to food. The smaller devoted the most space to family news – this included columns like “Dear Abby.”
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Searching for Koky Dishon images
I am on the lookout for Colleen “Koky” Dishon images. Dishon was an influential women’s page editor in Ohio, Milwaukee and Chicago. She went on to be the first woman on the masthead of the Chicago Tribune. The above image is from the Penney-Missouri Award papers at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection – my favorite archive. In the photo, she is judging the Awards. I have been frustrated that no one at the Tribune has returned emails or phone calls over the last year in my search for Koky images.
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Searching for Koky Dishon images
I am on the lookout for Colleen “Koky” Dishon images. Dishon was an influential women’s page editor in Ohio, Milwaukee and Chicago. She went on to be the first woman on the masthead of the Chicago Tribune. The above image is from the Penney-Missouri Award papers at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection – my favorite archive. In the photo, she is judging the Awards. I have been frustrated that no one at the Tribune has returned emails or phone calls over the last year in my search for Koky images.
