women and journalism
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Milwaukee Journal Research Acceptance
Excited that the article that Lance & I wrote about the women’s page journalists of the Milwaukee Journal has been accepted for publication in an academic journal. Included in the article are Aileen Ryan and Peggy Daum.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
- Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, food and social media, social media, women and journalism
Florida Communication Association Conference, 2015
It was another week and another conference. Yesterday I presented “Everything Old is New Again: Historical Take on New Directions in Communication” at the Florida Communication Association Conference. In the paper, I looked at how women’s page editors used social media strategies like being hyperlocal, crowd sourcing and creating community in the 1950s and the 1960s – especially at Florida newspapers.
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Death of Jean Sharley Taylor
I was sorry to hear that former women’s page editor Jean Sharley Taylor had died although I liked her obituary which was posted today: “Jean Sharley Taylor — a woman whose talent and persistence earned her a place in cigar-chomping newsrooms where women were often seen as unsuited to the gritty work of real reporting. “I’ve come to appreciate her as a feminist from a generation before feminism was identified,” her son said. When she started as a reporter at the Detroit Free Press in 1950, Taylor literally had no seat in the all-male newsroom. She was given a gluepot, a typewriter and a cubbyhole on another floor. “A new…
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Women’s Page Political Journalists Vera Glaser & Janet Chusmir
I have been going through the work of women’s page political journalist Vera Glaser for my book about women and politics. She covered many important issues, including the significant Women in Revolt series. I am working on material from Glaser’s column, Offbeat Washington, which she co-wrote with Malvina Stephenson. Janet Chusmir went on to become the first executive editor of the Miami Herald. Here is a clip of one of Chusmir’s stories from a 1968 Miami Herald women’s page. It was edited by Marie Anderson.
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Great Article About Maggie Savoy
I was thrilled to read this wonderful column about Arizona women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. Here is some of what came from my interview with the columnist:“When I got her on the phone, Voss was between semesters at the University of Central Florida-Orlando, where she’s an associate journalism professor, and happy to talk. There’s a saying, “Well-behaved women don’t make history,” but Voss thinks they do. She spent six years piecing together Savoy’s story for a paper she published in 2009 called “Forgotten Feminist.” Savoy didn’t want to alienate readers uncomfortable with feminist issues. So along with ideas for potluck dinners and women’s club activities, she served up stories about…
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Book Review: When Private Talk Goes Public
I was happy to see this review of When Private Talk Goes Public. I wrote a chapter about the women’s pages of newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s. From New Books in American Studies:“Across a series of twelve essays, When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History (Palgrave McMillan, 2014) examines the important and understudied role gossip has played in American history. Whether fashioned as “rumor, hearsay, tittle-tattle, scuttlebutt, scandal, [or] dirt,” gossip in its many forms is a central, if often discounted feature of American life. Kathleen A. Feeley and Jennifer A. Frost’s compilation spans five centuries, exploring gossip from the early colonial period through its modern reinvention…
