Kay Fanning | |
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| Born | Katherine Woodruff October 18, 1927 |
| Died | October 19, 2000 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, newspaper editor, publisher |
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| Spouses | Larry Fanning
(m. 1966; died 1971)Amos "Mo" Matthews
(m. 1982) |
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Katherine "Kay" Fanning (October 18, 1927 – October 19, 2000) was an American journalist and newspaper editor and publisher. She was editor and publisher of the Anchorage Daily News. In 1983, she became editor of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first woman to edit an American national newspaper.[1] She was the president of the American Society of News Editors from April 1987 to April 1988.
- ^ Biographical sketch of Kay Fanning Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 9, 2013
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