journalism history
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Editor J. Edward Murray
While many male editors did understand what it was that women’s page editors were trying to do to improve content, several others did. In that category, I would include J. Edward Murray or J.E.M. Letters found in several archives demonstrate his mentoring of women and his value of women’s pages. One example was found in the papers of women’s page pioneer Dorothy Jurney in the National Women and Media Collection. Jurney worked with Murray in the New Direction for News project, which documented news coverage of women’s issues, in more than a decade of her retirement. In their correspondence, Murray mentioned the difficulty that he and other male editors faced…
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Editor J. Edward Murray
While many male editors did understand what it was that women’s page editors were trying to do to improve content, several others did. In that category, I would include J. Edward Murray or J.E.M. Letters found in several archives demonstrate his mentoring of women and his value of women’s pages. One example was found in the papers of women’s page pioneer Dorothy Jurney in the National Women and Media Collection. Jurney worked with Murray in the New Direction for News project, which documented news coverage of women’s issues, in more than a decade of her retirement. In their correspondence, Murray mentioned the difficulty that he and other male editors faced…
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New Gloria Biggs’ letters
I recently received a new file of letters from Florida women’s page editor Gloria Biggs during the 1970s and 1980s. They are at the Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University. Most of the letters were back and forth between Biggs and George Beebe about her work with the World Press Freedom Committee. My favorite part of the file was a handwritten note from Biggs on a February 9, 1978 letter. She wrote: “P.S. I know you’re as delighted as I am about Marj Paxson’s promotion to publisher.” Marjorie Paxson was a Florida women’s page editor who became the fourth female publisher in the Gannett newspaper chain. Biggs had been the…
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New Gloria Biggs’ letters
I recently received a new file of letters from Florida women’s page editor Gloria Biggs during the 1970s and 1980s. They are at the Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University. Most of the letters were back and forth between Biggs and George Beebe about her work with the World Press Freedom Committee. My favorite part of the file was a handwritten note from Biggs on a February 9, 1978 letter. She wrote: “P.S. I know you’re as delighted as I am about Marj Paxson’s promotion to publisher.” Marjorie Paxson was a Florida women’s page editor who became the fourth female publisher in the Gannett newspaper chain. Biggs had been the…
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UCF course release to study food content
I just learned I received a course release from UCF for Spring 2012 to study one of the topics of the women’s pages: food. In particular, I will look at the intersection of food policy and media coverage. Little is known about the coverage of food news in the women’s pages. This will build on the research I am currently doing on the work of the New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson in the post-World War II years.
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UCF course release to study food content
I just learned I received a course release from UCF for Spring 2012 to study one of the topics of the women’s pages: food. In particular, I will look at the intersection of food policy and media coverage. Little is known about the coverage of food news in the women’s pages. This will build on the research I am currently doing on the work of the New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson in the post-World War II years.
