Peggy Daum
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Recognizing pioneering food journalists
I just received this 1979 book in the mail: The Women’s Book of World Records and Achievements. In it, the author recognizes three pioneering newspaper food journalists: Marian Burros (Washington Post), Peggy Daum (Milwaukee Journal) and Camille Stagg (Chicago Sun-Times). They are highlighted for their serious take on food. Also recognized in the book are two significant women’s page journalists. First was Carol Sutton for her role as the first female managing editor of a metro daily and Dorothy Jurney for being the first female board member of APME.
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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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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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Food editors ponder food in the future
I am continuing to collect information about the history of the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association. I came across this article about their 1978 meeting. At the gathering, speakers focused on the future of food. This is the lead: “Science fiction generally paints a bleak picture of food in the year 2001: daily doses of little red vitamin pills and tasteless chemical mixtures, or diets of sautéed mealworms, crunchy crickets and vegetable-protein concoctions.” I am planning a conference paper about the group and food editors Peggy Daum and Ann Hamman. Understanding the food sections adds to journalism and culinary history.
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Food editors ponder food in the future
I am continuing to collect information about the history of the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association. I came across this article about their 1978 meeting. At the gathering, speakers focused on the future of food. This is the lead: “Science fiction generally paints a bleak picture of food in the year 2001: daily doses of little red vitamin pills and tasteless chemical mixtures, or diets of sautéed mealworms, crunchy crickets and vegetable-protein concoctions.” I am planning a conference paper about the group and food editors Peggy Daum and Ann Hamman. Understanding the food sections adds to journalism and culinary history.
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More Peggy Daum research
I am collecting more information on Milwaukee food editor Peggy Daum. Yesterday I received a copy of the above children’s book – Peggy was the food consultant for the project. I heard back from Special Collections at the University of Arizona (where she earned a B.A. in journalism). Peggy was featured in 14 pages in the yearbook and was the yearbook editor one year. I am hoping to get copies of the pages. I heard back from Special Collections at Marquette University (where she earned a M.A. in journalism). I learned that her thesis was a comparative study of women’s pages. I ordered a copy of her thesis. I also…
