journalism history
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Florida Conference of Historians
I just presented the paper, “Beverley Brink Morales Geary Badhorse: Trailblazing Journalist and Advocate,” at the Florida Conference of Historians in Lake City. It has taken many years to put together Beverley’s story. In this paper, I largely focused on her Florida years at the Sun Sentinel. I hope to put together a journal manuscript that focuses on all of Beverley’s newspaper work.
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Fashion publicist Ruth Finley
Fashion week began yesterday in New York City. The shows were attended twice a year by newspaper fashion editors – who worked in the women’s pages of newspapers. These writers translated the elaborate runway fashions for their readers back home – such as Eleni Epstein in Washington, D.C., Barbara Cloud in Pittsburgh and Aileen Ryan in Milwaukee. Their lives were made easier by Ruth Finley, who is pictured below. The Wall Street Journal featured an article about Ruth today. Here is a little about her and the calendar she create, which is shown below:“The concept of a fashion-events calendar came in 1943. Ms. Finley, then a 16-year-old reporter for the…
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Janet Chusmir publication
I just got the news that my article about Miami Herald editor Janet Chusmir(who began her career as a women’s page journalist) is going to be published. “You Can’t Hug a Newspaper”: Janet Chusmir and the Miami Herald,” will be published this month in the FCH Annals: Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians, February 2012. I also learned that the article is a finalist for the Thomas M. Campbell prize for best article. I am also working on an article about Janet and her role as a “first” in female newspaper management.
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End of the St. Petersburg Times
Today was the first day that the St. Petersburg Times officially became the Tampa Bay Times. After a long and significant history, the St. Petersburg Times now longer exists – at least by name. Here is the story. For many years, the St. Petersburg Times had one of the top women’s pages in the country. The newspaper was one of the first to transition into a lifestyle section – although the Washington Post usually gets all the credit. (At the Times, it was known as the “Day” section.) For many years, the women’s page editor (and later the Day editor) was Anne Rowe – later Goldman. That is a photo…
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Happy 8th Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband and research partner Lance who knows as much about women’s page history as I do. It has been a wonderful eight years. Lance, Curtis & I are celebrating our anniversary and my birthday (tomorrow) in Boca Raton. The Penney-Missouri Award-winning women’s page editor from Boca was Sandra Wesley who I have been lucky enough to exchange a few emails with over the years. Above is a photo of Sandra – she is on the far left. Betty Preston (Glendale, CA, women’s page editor) is in the middle and Edee Greene (Fort Lauderdale women’s page editor) is on the right.
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Thanksgiving & the Queen’s Beans
For Thanksgiving, we made the traditional green bean casserole. I recently learned that Associated Press food editor Cecily Brownstone was part of the history of the dish. According to the magazine Saveur: “It wasn’t until 1955, however, that the dish’s most steadfast incarnation entered the scene. This enduring formula, one that many home cooks still use, called for a trinity of convenience products: canned Durkee or French’s fried onions, Green Giant canned green beans, and Campbell’s condensed cream of mushroom soup, usually accompanied by milk, soy sauce, and a dash of pepper. It was invented by the Campbell’s Soup Company, which, as it still does, emblazoned its soup can labels…
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