journalism history
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It’s going to be a baby boy
We learned yesterday that I am having a baby boy. His name will be Curtis James. He will be named for the husbands of two great women’s page editors: Curtis Castleberry (married to Vivian Castleberry) and James Bellows (married to Maggie Savoy). This is a photo with Vivian and Curtis. Lance and I stayed with them last summer for a few days in Dallas. This is a photo of Jim who I interviewed a few years ago. Jim (a great editor in his own right) died a few months ago – I learned about his death while I was in Dallas being interviewed for a documentary about Vivian Castleberry.
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Dr. Maurine Beasley
I was just reading the AJHA oral history with Maurine Beasley. It’s in the fall 2008 issue of American Journalism, pages 102-115. Maurine Beasley was the one who introduced me to the wonderful world of women’s page editors.
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Ben Stein mentions Jim Bellows
Watch CBS Videos Online Ben Stein talks about great editor Jim Bellows on the CBS Sunday Morning program. Jim was a hero of many in journalism, especially women’s page editors. (He was married to wonderful women’s page editor Maggie Savoy.) Lance and I are working on an article about Jim.
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Jeanne Voltz and BBQ
Lance is BBQing his way through the Jeanne Voltz book: Barbecued Ribs, Smoked Butts and Other Great Feeds. Food great James Beard wrote of it: “Jeanne Voltz has written a definitive book on barbecuing.” Jeanne started her food journalism career in the 1950s women’s section of the Miami Herald, working for Dorothy Jurney. I am working on a biography chapter of Jeanne and her work at the Los Angeles Times for a book about culinary history.
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Helen Muir letter
I am working on collecting information on Miami News women’s page journalist (and Miami library legend) Helen Muir. She was a friend of many in the Miami women’s page community – especially Dorothy Jurney and Marie Anderson. This 1972 letter, concerning the growing hippy problem in Miami, can be found in Helen’s papers at the University of Miami. We hope to go through Helen’s paper sometime this month.
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Our baby & baby books
With a baby on the way, I have been reading women’s page and then women’s magazine writer Joan Younger’s The Stork and You. She wrote the book after she had her daughter Rosalind. The book is much like the popular book What to Expect When You Are Expecting – only written decades earlier. JYD was well ahead of her time. I went through the papers of JYD at the University of Wyoming and am writing am writing an article about her.
