
I just learned that I have received a William and Madeline Smith Research Travel Award, for 2008-2009. I will use the funds to go through the papers of Texan political columnist Molly Ivins at the University of Texas at Austin. Yea!
A blog devoted to women's page editors, with an emphasis on the work of fashion and food editors, beginning during World War II through the early 1970s. It documents the quilted news that the women created: a mix of hard and soft news. It also explores the women's pages association with advertising and public relations. Scholarship: http://ucf.academia.edu/KimberlyVoss
The Fall 2008 American Journalism Historians Association 's Convention program is out with lots of great papers. It will be held in Seattle, Washington in October.
Lance & I have arrived in Orlando. I went through my first orientation session yeserday at the University of Central Florida.