British TV viewers analyzed by Suchy in 1953 study
The article notes John T. Suchy’s on the spot 1953 London study of British television. It describes three viewing types by time of day housewives children and the general public and cites lack of commercials then. It mentions a daily barometer poll for audience size and preference for variety drama and sports with limited highbrow material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
John T. Suchy
School of Journalism
Journalism Quarterly
Suchy
London
Itchy
Prep Students Attend Press Vocations Talks at State University
Iowa and Illinois high school students listened to reporters and executives from Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric KCRG Des Moines Register and Tribune Monticello Express Iowan Magazine Roshek Brothers Co and local papers during the Conference on Vocations at the SUI Communications Center. Lester Benz led the event.
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Iowa
Ilinois
State University of Iowa Communications Center
Harry Boyd
Cedar Rapids Gazette
John Hollingsworth
Iowa-Ilinois Gas and Electric Company
Iowa City
Richard Yoakam
KCRG
Kcrg-Tv
Cedar Rapids
John S. McLaren
Fairall and Company
Des Moines
Harold M. Jones
Monticello Express
Carl Franks
Iowa Press Photographers Association
Carl Hamilton
Iowa Falls Citizen
David Archie
Iowan
Shenandoah
Mary Qualley
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Shirley Wood
Rosheck Brothers Co
Dubuque
Lester Benz
SUI School of Journalism
Oaarhives
The Law Bringers by William E Porter
West Coast professor William E Porter writes The Law Bringers a Western frontier tale praised by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best in years Hoff man Birney authors the review noting its violent protagonist and period setting in the Kansas Pacific era with Railhead and Trail boss figures shaping Luke Malette as town marshal Appleton Century Crafts published the novel Porter is a prolific contributor to Collier’s and Saturday Evening Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Porter
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
New York Times Book Review
Hoffman Birney
Texas
Ann Hendricks
Luke Malette
Railhead
Luke
Appleton - Century - Crafts Inc
New York City
Porter
The
Saturday Evening Post
Colliers
Mason's Reporting Text Issued in Revised Edition
A revised edition of Mason's Reporting Text, a journalism workbook, was released in May 1954 by Prentice Hall. The 41 assignments cover murder to a corn growing contest, placing students in a fictional town to compare reports and practice noncommittal factual accounts.
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Mason’s
Yourtown
Edward F. Mason
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Prentice- Hall Publishing Company
New York City
Mason
Steigleman Addresses Cancer Society Meeting
Journalism professor Walter A Steigleman, founder and former president of the Iowa City Toastmasters Club, spoke to the Illinois division of the American Cancer Society in Chicago on November 11, 1954. He spoke on Its Your Story But Dont Get Stuck With It and heads the Editorial Journalism sequence at the State University of Iowa.
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Walter Ateigleman
Iowa City
Toastmasters Club
Illinois
American Cancer Society
Chicago
Cancer Society
Steigleman
Bloomington
Ind
The
State University of Iowa
New High School Directory Issued
The 1955 Iowa High School Journalism Directory produced annually by the School of Journalism and the Extension Division of the State University of Iowa Wasuiailed recently from Iowa City to Iowa high schools. The 16 page directory lists 459 Iowa high schools.
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Iowa High School Journalism
School of Journalism
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa
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Britain
Prep
SUI Journalism
Iowa Press Association
Des Moines Press and Radio Club
Louis Rich
Columbia University Club
New High School
Iowa Newspaper Desk
Street, Company
Iowa Newspape
Extension
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