Today I am working on revisions of my article about Milwaukee Journal women’s page journalist and later food editor Peggy Daum. Daum had a strong journalism background that she applied to her beat – food. Barbara Dembski, the Milwaukee Journal’s assistant managing editor of features, said Daum never abandoned her audience. She said of Daum: “Despite her national stature in food journalism, she never forgot who her section was for. She wrote it for the typical, salt-of-the-earth, best cook on the block.” And those neighborhood cooks, her readers, regularly called her with questions about new dishes and in later years questions about new grocery store items like tofu or cilantro.…

Today I am working on revisions of my article about Milwaukee Journal women’s page journalist and later food editor Peggy Daum. Daum had a strong journalism background that she applied to her beat – food. Barbara Dembski, the Milwaukee Journal’s assistant managing editor of features, said Daum never abandoned her audience. She said of Daum: “Despite her national stature in food journalism, she never forgot who her section was for. She wrote it for the typical, salt-of-the-earth, best cook on the block.” And those neighborhood cooks, her readers, regularly called her with questions about new dishes and in later years questions about new grocery store items like tofu or cilantro.…

Entertainment Tonight has been in news a lot lately as Mary Hart leaves after 29 years. In many news stories, including this N.P.R. story, Hart is credited with discovering that there was news in entertainment. The truth is that it was Jim Bellows was really the one who created a news focus for the entertainment show. (Prior to the 1990s, the show included investigative elements – different than the content today.) He was the one who hired Hart. This is a quote from John Goldhammer: “John Bellows added his very special touch to every corner of Entertainment Tonight. He created an investigative team, establishing for the first time a truly…

Entertainment Tonight has been in news a lot lately as Mary Hart leaves after 29 years. In many news stories, including this N.P.R. story, Hart is credited with discovering that there was news in entertainment. The truth is that it was Jim Bellows was really the one who created a news focus for the entertainment show. (Prior to the 1990s, the show included investigative elements – different than the content today.) He was the one who hired Hart. This is a quote from John Goldhammer: “John Bellows added his very special touch to every corner of Entertainment Tonight. He created an investigative team, establishing for the first time a truly…