Dallas broadcast journalist Eddie Barker was one of the first to announce the death of the president. He also later got an exclusive interview with Marina Oswald, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald. In his 2006 book, Barker described the woman as “a cold, calculating woman, even at the tender age of twenty-two.” This insight was despite the fact that as a Russian citizen, she spoke little English. Dallas Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry also interviewed the widow who was the mother of two young children. They spoke while both folding diapers. The result became her only front page story. Vivian found Marina Oswald to be “warm, loving…

In my research on Dallas Time Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry, I came across the following reference in the book Thinking Big about the Los Angeles Times. (At one point, the L.A. Times owned the Dallas Times Herald.) “The major criticism of (editor Tom) Johnson was that his liberalism and commitment to new journalism was slick at best and superficial at worst. With all its changes, the Times Herald still remained a partial extension of its formal self. Certainly it had not become an anti-establishment paper. Editorial board member Vivian Castleberry was still the only woman appointed to a high-level position since the Johnson changes. When a board vacancy…

In my research on Dallas Time Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry, I came across the following reference in the book Thinking Big about the Los Angeles Times. (At one point, the L.A. Times owned the Dallas Times Herald.) “The major criticism of (editor Tom) Johnson was that his liberalism and commitment to new journalism was slick at best and superficial at worst. With all its changes, the Times Herald still remained a partial extension of its formal self. Certainly it had not become an anti-establishment paper. Editorial board member Vivian Castleberry was still the only woman appointed to a high-level position since the Johnson changes. When a board vacancy…

I just discovered this video clip of Vivian Castleberry, the former women’s page editor at the Dallas Times Herald. We are traveling to Dallas next week to see Vivian and her husband Curtis. We will be at the University of North Texas to watch the dedication of the Vivian Castleberry Peace Institute. I am writing a book about Vivian.

We are making plans to attend two events in Dallas to celebrate former women’s page editor and peace advocate Vivian Castleberry. The Peace Institute at the University of North Texas will be named for Vivian. I am excited to see Vivian again after two years. I am working on a book about her long career.