Editor argues readers need editorial page at weeklies
George Ver Steeg editor of the Pella Chronicle tells a State University of Iowa conference that a weekly paper without editorial comment loses personality and community influence. He says there is no replacement for editorial comment and urges editors to act as community leaders. The program covered publishing in Japan, centennial editions, traffic safety, university relations, athletic department news, and rates for weeklies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ver Steeg
Pella Chronicle
State University of Iowa
Ver Steeg
Ver Steegz
Charles Houdek
Rockford Register
Japan
Robert Melvold
Maquoketa Community Press
W. A Blake
The
Inland Steel Corp
Leslie G. Moeller
SUI School of Journalism
John Burrows
Belle Plaine Union
James Jordan
Francis Graham
SUI Athletic Department
Iowa
M. L. Crabbe
Eagle Grove Eagle
Elmer E. Taylor, Jr
Tracr Star- Clipper
James W. McCutcheon
Mount Vernon Hawkeye Record
Taylor
Duane Dewel
Kossuth County Advance
Algona
Lloyd McCutcheon
Sibley Gazette-Tribune
Moeller Named Master Editor Publisher Awards Chairman
Prof. Leslie G. Moeller of the State University of Iowa School of Journalism was named chairman of the 1955 Iowa Press Association Master Editor Publisher awards committee. The awards honor Iowa editors and publishers, a program started in 1932 by Grant L. Caswell. The winners will be announced at the association banquet in Des Moines on Friday, April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie G. Moeller
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Iowa Press Association
Editor Named for The Daily Iowan
Heads Towan Gene Ingle of Des Moines a junior in the State University of Iowa School of Journalism has been named editor for the December May period. New Iowan staff include Jerry Hess Schleswig managing editor Ira Kapenstein New York N Y wire editor Drake Mabry Albia city editor Arlo Jacobson Gilmore City sports editor Jean Leinhauser Ottumwa society editor and Arie Gore Kankakee NL chief photographer.
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Gene Ingle
Des Moines
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Daily Iowan
New Iowan
Jerry Hess
Schleswig
Ira Kapenstein
New York
N. Y
Drake Mabry
Albia
Arlo Jacobson
Gilmore City
Jean Leinhauser
Ottumwa
Arie Gore
Kankakee
Work of Leading Book Man by Bruce Rogers Displayed
Bruce Rogers noted as foremost book designer. display in the Communications Center south lobby features ten books including the Lectern Bible from 1935 at Oxford University Press. Other titles span 1900 to 1953 with Frick Art catalogue pages, while Purdue graduate Rogers' career path and gifts from Leslie Paper Company are highlighted.
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Bruce Rogers
Our Times
Carroll Coleman
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Communications Center
Rogers
Coleman
Oxford University Press
Michelanglo Buonarroti
Franklin
Passy
Petronik the Fool
Champ Fleury
Indiana
Frick
Thistle Press
James Merrick
SUI School of Journalism
Purdue
Purdue University
SAT Typographic Laboratory
Leslie Paper Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Mason City Editor Wins $10,000 Criss Safety Award
Earl Hall of the Mason City Globe Gazette receives the Mutual of Omaha Criss award and gold medal for over two decades of highway safety work. He has long promoted safety messages in his paper and holds multiple national and state recognitions including roles with Truman’s safety program and the American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Mutual of Omaha Criss
Hall
State University of Iowa
Truman
National Committee For Traffic ‘Safety
Iowa State Safety Committee
National Safety Council
National Board of Governors
The
American Red Cross
Iowa
New Business Aide Named Daily Iowan Manager
E. John Koettman a SUI graduate and former Osage Press-News editor becomes business manager of the Daily Iowan. He earned a 1949 advertising degree, previously led Osage ads, and served with Equitable Life. His role centers on running the Daily Iowans advertising department as a student workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. John Koettman
State University of Iowa
Daily
Iowan
Kottman
SUI
Osage Press-News
Equitable Life Assurance Socity
Osage
Jowan
ADS Cancer Work Wins U S Award
The Iowa State University Alpha Delta Sigma group wins the national trophy for outstanding work in the 1954 cancer campaign. In collaboration with Gamma Alpha Chi the pair secured spot announcements from Marilyn Maxwell Don DeFore Donna Reed Scott McKay and MacDonald Carey aired on 36 Iowa stations and a one hour program Crusade for April. The effort included cancer education newspaper copy and TV promotion plus a cartoon contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
Alpha Delta Sigma
ADS
SUI
Gamma Alpha Chi
GAX
Marilyn Maxwell
Don DeFore
Donna Reed
Scott McKay
MacDonald Carey
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Career Day speakers from Six State University of Iowa
Six State University of Iowa School of Journalism faculty have spoken at Iowa high schools as Career Day speakers since March 1954. The list includes Lester Benz. Walter Steigleman. Edward Mason. Ellis Newsome. Wilbur Peterson. Ernest Andrews, with appearances at Miles and other towns on various dates.
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State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Iowa
Lester G. Benz
Walter A. Steigleman
Edward F. Mason
Ellis H. New Some
Willbur Peterson
Bureau of Media Service
Nest F. Andrews
Benz
Miles
Eagle Grove
Spencer
Onawa
Newsome
Grinnell
Mason
Cedar County
Mt. Vernon
Clarinda
Steigleman
Mason City
Andrews
Logan
Peterson
Cedar Falls
Italy’s Communist Dailies Persist Amid Political Shifts
William E. Porter argues Italy’s Communist bloc press remains active as economic factors are not the main cause of any decline. He notes Italy’s party is the continent’s second largest, with about 110 daily papers and roughly 10 percent Communist or pink, and highlights L Unita Avanti and Il Lavoro Nuovo as official organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
William E. Porter
SUI School of Journalism
Communist Party
Porter
The
Journalism Quarterly
Istituto di Pubblicismo
Rome
Italian Communist Party
Europe
L’unita
Avanti
Tl Lavoro Nuovo
L’anita
Good Minds Needed Encourage High School Journalists
Prof. Leslie G. Moeller of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism urged 27th annual Wisconsin High School Editors Conference attendees to consider journalism as a career. The meeting was held at the University of Wisconsin Madison on October 23.
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Leslie G. Moeller
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wis
Life photographer Wallace Kirkland works shown at Iowa center
A display of Wallace Kirkland photographs opened at the State University of Iowa Communications Center in June. The exhibit draws from a Chicago Art Institute show part of a series featuring outstanding contemporary photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Magazine
Wallace Kirkland
State University of Iowa Communications Center
Chicago Art Institute
Starts Revision Of Desk Book For Iowa Journalists
The Iowa Newspaper Desk Book is being revised for its ninth edition by the School of Journalism at the State University of Iowa. Lester G Benz heads the revision, aiming for completion by late spring. About 6,000 copies of the eighth edition have been sold since its November 1950 release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State University of Iowa
School of Journalism
Lester G Benz
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Moeller Heads Award
Towan
Earl Hall
U.S
Seans
5. U
Old Capitol
Wilbur Peterson
Student Publication, Inc
King Features Syndicate
Iowa City
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