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The Edge of Change. Women in the Twenty-First Century Press.
. Ed(S): Nicholson, June O.; Creedon, Pamela J.; Lloyd, Wanda S.; Johnson, Pamela J.
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Paperback. A powerful and complex assessment of how women are transforming the news industry Editor(s): Nicholson, June O.; Creedon, Pamela J.; Lloyd, Wanda S.; Johnson, Pamela J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
Containing nearly three dozen original essays penned by the nation's leading newspaper journalists, editors, and executives, this book advances current discussions regarding women in journalism. Surveying the past quarter century, the book's contributors highlight the unprecedented influence American women have had on the news industry, especially newspapers, and look ahead to the future for women in news. Acclaimed anthropologist and author Helen E. Fisher adds her perspective in examining the role of women across millennia and how the talents of women are changing social and economic life in this global age.
Containing nearly three dozen original essays penned by the nation's leading newspaper journalists, editors, and executives, this book advances current discussions regarding women in journalism. Surveying the past quarter century, the book's contributors highlight the unprecedented influence American women have had on the news industry, especially newspapers, and look ahead to the future for women in news. Acclaimed anthropologist and author Helen E. Fisher adds her perspective in examining the role of women across millennia and how the talents of women are changing social and economic life in this global age.
Prominent female voices in journalism provide critical perspectives ... Read more
Contributors are Catalina Camia, Kathleen Carroll, Pamela J. Creedon, Paula Lynn Ellis, Helen E. Fisher, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Ellen Goodman, Sharon Grigsby, Carol Guzy, Kirsten Scharnberg Hampton, Cathy Henkel, Pamela J. Johnson, Jane Kirtley, Jan Leach, Caroline Little, Wanda S. Lloyd, Arlene Notoro Morgan, June O. Nicholson, Geneva Overholser, Marty Petty, Deb Price, Donna M. Reed, Sandra Mims Rowe, Peggy Simpson, Margaret Sullivan, Julia Wallace, and Keven Ann Willey.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076497
SKU
V9780252076497
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About . Ed(S): Nicholson, June O.; Creedon, Pamela J.; Lloyd, Wanda S.; Johnson, Pamela J.
June O. Nicholson is the associate director of the School of Mass Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University. Pamela J. Creedon is a professor and former director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. Wanda S. Lloyd is the executive editor of the Montgomery Advertiser and the founding executive director of the Freedom Forum Diversity ... Read more
Reviews for The Edge of Change. Women in the Twenty-First Century Press.
"A much-needed update of existing books on women in the press. The richness of this work lies in its use of accomplished women's own voices to tell of their achievements and their struggles, even into the twenty-first century. Anyone interested in women's history will enjoy this fine book."
Kay Mills, author of Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed Television ... Read more
Kay Mills, author of Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed Television ... Read more