Straight Talk

“I ain’t no lady. I’m a newspaperwoman.”

—Hazel Brannon Smith (1914-1994), owner of four Mississippi weeklies and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing (1964). 

• Editorial Comment: Whatever you say, ma’am.

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Morning Light

November’s SENIOR NEWS celebrates the book. Online here.

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”—Tom Stoppard

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism