journalism history
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Dorothy Dawe and furnishings coverage
One of the four Fs of the women’s pages is furnishings. (Although I have found that at some newspapers, furnishings stories were found in the real estate section.) For decades, the top recognition for furnishing coverage was the Dorothy Dawe Award. Yesterday, I started looking into furnishings coverage and the award. I learned that the award is named for a furnishings reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. (That is a photo of her above.) I found her obituary – which noted that she died at age 42 but there were no other details. I am filling out the paperwork to get her death certificate. I did discover this story about a…
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Searching for Clarice Rowlands information
In my work on top 1950s and 1960s top food sections – an important element of the women’s pages – I have come across a new name: Clarice Rowlands. She was the assistant women’s page editor of the Milwaukee Journal. In that position, she won several Vesta Awards – the top recognition for food sections. That is one of her awards above. I have several of her articles through Google.News but then she disappeared. One of her final articles ran on Nov. 3, 1966: Breakfast for Players or Fans. Then, on Nov. 4, 1967, the Milwaukee Journal featured a letter to the editor about the sudden death of Clarice. I…
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Searching for Clarice Rowlands information
In my work on top 1950s and 1960s top food sections – an important element of the women’s pages – I have come across a new name: Clarice Rowlands. She was the assistant women’s page editor of the Milwaukee Journal. In that position, she won several Vesta Awards – the top recognition for food sections. That is one of her awards above. I have several of her articles through Google.News but then she disappeared. One of her final articles ran on Nov. 3, 1966: Breakfast for Players or Fans. Then, on Nov. 4, 1967, the Milwaukee Journal featured a letter to the editor about the sudden death of Clarice. I…
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Chew on This: Food Studies in Communication
I just learned that my proposal has been accepted for a Roundtable Participant at Chew on This: Food Studies in Communication, the National Communication Association (NCA) Scholars Seminar at the annual fall convention in San Francisco. I proposed a paper on the food sections of major metropolitan newspapers in the post-World War II years and the way in which women food editors influenced culinary journalism. More specifically, the food sections of the Milwaukee Journal, Los Angeles Times and the Evansville (Indiana) Courier during the 1960s will be studied. These newspapers were chosen because their editors were regular winners of the top award for food writing and reporting – the Vesta…
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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Janet Chusmir’s biggest regret
I am in the midst of researching the career of Miami Herald Executive Editor Janet Chusmir – who began her career in the women’s pages. She was the first woman in that position at the Herald. She said that her biggest regret was approving the above Tropic magazine cover – featuring Dave Barry using his middle finger. His boss at the time was Gene Weingarten. He describes the experience below: “Gene Weingarten: The middle finger made its debut in the late 1970s with this photograph. Papers ran it because it was profferred by the vice president of the United States. You probably haven’t seen another example of The Finger unless…
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Janet Chusmir’s biggest regret
I am in the midst of researching the career of Miami Herald Executive Editor Janet Chusmir – who began her career in the women’s pages. She was the first woman in that position at the Herald. She said that her biggest regret was approving the above Tropic magazine cover – featuring Dave Barry using his middle finger. His boss at the time was Gene Weingarten. He describes the experience below: “Gene Weingarten: The middle finger made its debut in the late 1970s with this photograph. Papers ran it because it was profferred by the vice president of the United States. You probably haven’t seen another example of The Finger unless…
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