journalism history
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Writing while on Anna Maria Beach
Yesterday, Lance and Curtis and I spent the day at the beach on Anna Maria Island – on the Sun Coast. I am working on an early draft of an article about the impact of women’s page editors in the 1950s. So far I am just focusing on South Florida as a case study in response to a CFP for a journal special issue. These women page editors negotiated a complex relationship between tradition and progress – both at their newspapers and in their communities. I am interested in how they worked on this negotiation and how this relates to the social changes of the 1960s. It’s always easier to…
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Bobbi McCallum images
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Bobbi McCallum images
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Bobbi McCallum update
I just got an email update that my article about Seattle P-I women’s page journalist Bobbi McCallum is scheduled to run in the Spring 2010 issue of a Washington history magazine. Bobbi was a Penney-Missouri Award winner in the 1960s. Sadly she died at age 25 and her story was largely lost until now. I am now collecting images for the article. The photo above is from the Penney-Missouri Awards papers at the University of Missouri.
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Bobbi McCallum update
I just got an email update that my article about Seattle P-I women’s page journalist Bobbi McCallum is scheduled to run in the Spring 2010 issue of a Washington history magazine. Bobbi was a Penney-Missouri Award winner in the 1960s. Sadly she died at age 25 and her story was largely lost until now. I am now collecting images for the article. The photo above is from the Penney-Missouri Awards papers at the University of Missouri.
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Drue Lytle obituary
I just came across the obituary for Honolulu Advertiser women’s page editor Drue Lytle. She was a Penney-Missouri Award winner in the 1960s. I am currently collecting information about Drue.
