Weekly Editors in 1900: A Quantitative Study of Demographic Characteristics.

Folkerts, Jean; Lacy, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ370102

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Publication Date: 1987

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Weekly Editors in 1900: A Quantitative Study of Demographic Characteristics.

Folkerts, Jean; Lacy, Stephen

Journalism Quarterly, v64 n2-3 p429-33 Sum-Fall 1987

Examines characteristics of weekly newspaper editors in 21 states in the south, midwest, and west regions of America at the beginning of the "modern" newspaper era (1900). Reports that weekly editors tended to be White, male, and middle-aged. (MM)

Descriptors: Demography, Editors, Individual Characteristics, Journalism, Newspapers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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