Ruthe Deskin
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Young Ruthe Deskin
Came across this great image of a young Ruthe Deskin – who was a women’s page editor in Reno before becoming a significant Las Vegas journalist. Lance and I wrote an article about her a few years ago.
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Nevada Journalist Ruthe Deskin
I love this post about Ruthe Deskin who went from Reno women’s page editor to assistant to the publisher at the Las Vegas Sun. It was written by Ruthe’s daughter, Nancy Cummings. Lance and I wrote an article about Ruthe Deskin for the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. We went through her papers at UNLV a few years ago.
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Ruthe Deskin Article is Out
I am happy to report that the article Lance & I wrote about Ruthe Deskin is finally out. We got a copy over the weekend. “Where She Stands: Ruthe Deskin and the Las Vegas Sun” is in the 2012 issue Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. Ruthe Deskin was an influential Las Vegas journalist. After working as a women’s page journalist in Reno, she came to the Las Vegas Sun in June 1954 as the Sunday Editor. She remained at the newspaper for decades. Much of that time she served as an assistant to the flamboyant publisher Hank Greenspun. She did a little of everything in this position, including a regular column.…
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Death of Ruthe Deskin’s Daughter
I was so sad to learn about the death of Terry Gialketsis, the daughter of Las Vegas journalist Ruthe Deskin. Lance & I met with Terry a few years ago while at UNLV. She was so helpful and shared great information about her mother. Ruthe started her career as a women’s page editor before becoming becoming the assistant to Hank Greenspun at the Las Vegas Sun. She wrote the front page column: Memo to Hank. Our article “Where She Stands: Ruthe Deskin and Her Place in the City of Bright Lights and Bigger Personalities After 50 years at the Las Vegas Sun,” should come out this month.
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Ruthe Deskin Article to Be Published
Happy to learn that the article Lance & I wrote about Ruthe Deskin is going to be published soon. Budget cuts had delayed the article’s publication. The article is titled: “Where She Stands: Ruthe Deskin and Her Place in the City of Bright Lights and Bigger Personalities After 50 years at the Las Vegas Sun.” Here is more about Ruthe:Acknowledged by Las Vegas Sun Publisher Hank Greenspun himself as the calming force behind his fiery brand of journalism, Ruthe Deskin held the power of the pen in Las Vegas for a half-century of checks and balances, keeping an eye on the grandstanding, greed, and hubris of the city’s leaders and…
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Happy Anniversary!
Today Lance & I have been married for nine years – which means we have been researching women’s page editors for about the same amount of time. We have spent countless hours going through archives and writing about the women whose stories we feel lucky to document. Together, we spent several days at the home of Curtis and Vivian Castleberry in Dallas. We got to interview the daughter of Ruthe Deskin. In 2008, Lance gave a great talk about our work together: “Tales of an Accidental Journalism Historian: What Four Archives in Four Months Taught a College Media Adviser About Pre-Women’s Liberation Newsrooms.” Here is a link to the speech.…
