journalism history
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Val Imm and the Dallas Times-Herald
While researching the career of Dallas Times-Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry, I came across the name of reporter Val Imm. Here is a 2007 article about her. In most media accounts she is described as the society reporter. While she did cover society, she also did some wonderful reporting that was far from society. Consider this lead that Val wrote: “The house at 3002 Knight St. is haunted. Haunted by the sounds of children who have no one to love them. Haunted by the sobs of children who wake up in terror from nightmares. Haunted by a community that has only begun to hear the cries. Such children –…
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Researching Pat Millard-Hunter and the Honolulu Advertiser
I just rehired a researcher to go through the microfiche of the newspaper, the Honolulu Advertiser. The women’s page editor of the newspaper, Drue Lyte, was a multiple winner of the Penney-Missouri Award – the top recognition for the sections. The photo above is of Drue. Last fall, the researcher went through the microfiche looking for Drue’s byline but found few examples. A collection of letters between Drue and Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myrhe show that she was more editor than reporter. Instead, Drue mentored reporter Pat Millard-Hunter. It was Pat who wrote groundbreaking health and crime articles that ran in the women’s section. (The letters can be found in…
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Icons of American Cooking
It has been announced that The Icons of American Cooking will be published in January of 2011. I wrote a chapter about James Beard – who was a friend of 1960s L.A. Times food editor Jeanne Voltz. I had hoped to write a chapter about Jeanne but she did not make the cut. I am curious if any food editors – which often included the position of women’s editors – will be part of the book.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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Icons of American Cooking
It has been announced that The Icons of American Cooking will be published in January of 2011. I wrote a chapter about James Beard – who was a friend of 1960s L.A. Times food editor Jeanne Voltz. I had hoped to write a chapter about Jeanne but she did not make the cut. I am curious if any food editors – which often included the position of women’s editors – will be part of the book.
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AJHA 2010 Convention Program
The AJHA 2010 Convention Program is now available. I am presenting my paper, “Food Journalism or Culinary Anthropology? Re-evaluating Soft News and the Influence of Jeanne Voltz’s Food Section in the Los Angeles Times,” will be part of the panel, Social Construction and Cultural Consequences.
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AJHA 2010 Convention Program
The AJHA 2010 Convention Program is now available. I am presenting my paper, “Food Journalism or Culinary Anthropology? Re-evaluating Soft News and the Influence of Jeanne Voltz’s Food Section in the Los Angeles Times,” will be part of the panel, Social Construction and Cultural Consequences.
