journalism history
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Writing about Peggy Daum
I have spent months gathering information about Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum – she was in that position from 1968 to 1988. She had strong journalism background that she applied to food. Over the years she covered a field that went from simple recipes to news about nutrition and government regulation. She played a leading role in food journalism as a founding member and first president of the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association. “Peggy made us better,” said Marion Burros, former food editor of The New York Times and another founding member of the food editors group. “She was a woman of enormous integrity.” Burros recalled that a…
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Pearl Harbor and Drue Lytle
Today is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Hugh Lytle was the journalist whose teletype message provided Associated Press and the world with the first account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was married to award-winning Hawaii women’s page editor Drue Lytle. Here is Hugh’s obituary. Drue is mentioned in it. I have been collecting data about Drue for the past two years. The last few months have been especially fruitful. I found the above clip which answered many questions and I also located some great letters at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. I hope to write an article about Drue after by book about Vivian Castleberry is finished.
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Pearl Harbor and Drue Lytle
Today is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Hugh Lytle was the journalist whose teletype message provided Associated Press and the world with the first account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was married to award-winning Hawaii women’s page editor Drue Lytle. Here is Hugh’s obituary. Drue is mentioned in it. I have been collecting data about Drue for the past two years. The last few months have been especially fruitful. I found the above clip which answered many questions and I also located some great letters at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. I hope to write an article about Drue after by book about Vivian Castleberry is finished.
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Dallas fashion editor Yvonne Pendleton
Yesterday, I watched and transcribed the videotaped oral history of Dallas fashion editor Yvonne Pendleton. (She worked for women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry.)It is available at the Sixth Floor Museum. Yvonne, who was hired at age 23, said of Vivian: “I was so taken. Here was a career woman with children. One of the first I had ever met.” Yvonne came to Dallas from Alabama in October 1971. A week later, she was in New York City covering the fashion shows – the youngest fashion editor for a major newspaper. Dallas was a major fashion city so she got a seat in the front row. She spoke about Vivian’s progressive…
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Dallas fashion editor Yvonne Pendleton
Yesterday, I watched and transcribed the videotaped oral history of Dallas fashion editor Yvonne Pendleton. (She worked for women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry.)It is available at the Sixth Floor Museum. Yvonne, who was hired at age 23, said of Vivian: “I was so taken. Here was a career woman with children. One of the first I had ever met.” Yvonne came to Dallas from Alabama in October 1971. A week later, she was in New York City covering the fashion shows – the youngest fashion editor for a major newspaper. Dallas was a major fashion city so she got a seat in the front row. She spoke about Vivian’s progressive…
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Vivian Castleberry and Louise Raggio
Today I am writing about the relationship between Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry and groundbreaking Dallas attorney Louise Raggio. Vivian is included in the above video, as are several articles that Vivian ran about Louise over the years. The two women co-authored the book, Texas Tornado: The Autobiography of a Crusader for Women’s Rights and Family Justice. They were powerful advocates for women in Dallas.
