I was so sad to learn yesterday that Jim Bellows had died. Here’s a link to one of several obits. Jim was a great editor. A great champion for the underdog. An advocate and mentor for women journalists. He was married to women’s page journalist Maggie Savoy until her death in 1970. He made a real difference. I interviewed him a few years ago about Maggie. Here’s a link to an obit that mentions Maggie.

Editor & Publisher has named the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Marty Kaiser the editor of the year. It’s really a great newspaper. (Milwaukee is my hometown.) Marty is the nephew of Jim Bellows. He went along with Los Angeles Times women’s page editor Maggie Savoy (Jim’s wife) when she covered the 1968 convention in Chicago. The story is in Jim’s book, The Last Editor. Much of the book is available through Google books. My article about Maggie comes out in March.

I am working on tracking down the documentary The Last Editor based on the book by the same name about Jim Bellows. He was married to women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. A chapter in the book is devoted to Maggie. I’ve tried ILL, the national PBS folks and the local PBS affiliate but I have not been able to track it down. Here’s a great blog entry about Jim. This is a photo of Jim with Mary Anne Dolan.