{"value"=>"<p>The papers in these folders concern the organization and management of the News Department, the size of its staff and assignments of editors, reporters, and stringers, the use and quality of photographs, headlines, various features, and similar matters. They also contain a representative sample of AHS's blue notes (mostly critical), pink notes (mostly laudatory), and suggestions for news stories. Included are a memorandum to the staff and related papers about Turner Catledge's appointment as executive editor, in charge of the News and Sunday Department, and other management changes (1964), Catledge's note to AHS asking that crticisms of any news product be sent to him rather than to the editor or reporter concerned (1959), memoranda on a dispute over rewriting and reporter's rights to a story (1958), memoranda on the introduction of the Man in the News column (1956-1957), AHS's memorandum on Edwin L. James's appointment as managing editor, noting that Frederick T. Birchall had been offered the post on condition that he become a United States citizen and that he had declined (1955), a report on reporters' specializations (1952), memoranda on the start of the Winners and Sinners column (1951), letters and memoranda on management changes following James' death, with Catledge appointed managing editor (1951) and on appointed preceding changes involving Robert E. Garst, Catledge, Theodore M. Bernstein, David H. Joseph, Raymond H. McCaw, and Emanuel Freedman (1948-1951), correspondence with CLS over the title Foreign News Editor, given to Freedman (1948), memoranda on apprenticeship of reporters, promotion policy, and efforts to increase productivity (1947-1948), memoranda about apparent leaks of the Publisher's suggestions for news stories to other publications (1947), and AHS's memorandum to ASO and letter to Birchall on the department's reorganization, with James as managing editor (1932).</p>"}
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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>" See also: American Newspaper Writers' Association\nGallup Poll\nOmnibus\nRoper, Elmo\nStaff: Foreign Correspondents\nStaff: Outside Activities\nStaff: Salaries\nStyle\nTimes Talk\nWomens News "}