In addition to Giving Blueday, Wednesday March 16th is also the birthday of Jean Ledwith King, a renowned Ann Arbor attorney who fought for women’s rights. It’s worth noting that, sadly, King died in Ann Arbor last October at the age of 97.
Darren Everson first became interested in Rachel Bachman, a fellow Daily sports reporter, in the fall of 1994. Her first impression of him: “Cute but too young.”
She was a 22-year-old senior; he was a 19-year-old junior. This was the first of many obstacles in their way. Among the others:
Allison Ghaman and Clif Reeder (both Class of 2010) met freshmen year while on the Daily Photo staff in the late 2000s. She later became the Daily Managing Design Editor from '08 and he was Managing Photo Editor from '09 (both graduated '10). “We had to do a coin flip during our first shift together to see who'd go cover Tommy Amaker's firing, and who could take the rest of the day off,” Allie recalls. ”I lost and I do still bring it up.”
In October 2019, Tim Yagle traveled from the West Coast to spend several days as an Expert in Residence, working with students at The Michigan Daily, as part of the Lipinski Journalism Initiative funded by John and Holly Madigan. He wrote of the experience, and his history with The Daily:
When Ann Marie Lipinski was appointed editor of the Chicago Tribune in 2001, she became the Tribune’s first female editor at a time when men held the vast majority of leadership roles at newspapers around the country.
In one of the columns I wrote for The Washington Post about Barack Obama's election, I said:
"Diversity is more of a journey than a destination,
and we have to keep moving forward."
At a panel discussion on newsroom diversity during the Fall 2017 Student Publications' Reunion, it became clear that we still have farther to go on that long road.
Congratulations Robin Wright on receiving an Honorary Degree for Humane Letters from the University of Michigan! It was a pleasure to have her visit, her energy was infectious!
Robin was a Michigan Daily reporter who graduated from the University with a B.A. in 1970 and a Masters Degree in 1971!
Dan Biddle gives a heartfelt testimonial about the Daily.
Press Release by Nieman Foundation
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Ann Marie Lipinski, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been named curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.
“I am thrilled with the outcome of this search,” said Harvard Provost Steven E. Hyman. “Ann Marie recognizes the urgency surrounding the field of journalism and its future, and I am excited for the vision and innovation she will bring to one of Harvard’s most treasured institutions.”
Commentary from the Daily Editor, Stephanie Steinberg:
Michigan Daily reporters and editors who attended the 2011 Michigan Press Association Convention in Detroit walked away from the weekend with a better understanding of the journalism industry in Michigan and ideas to improve The Michigan Daily's coverage.
When visiting his old stomping ground, The Michigan Daily offices, Tom Hayden paused to give a brief testimonial.
On his September visit to The Michigan Daily, Rick Berke '80, National Editor for The New York Times stopped to give a brief testimonial.
I started taking photos for the Daily the summer of 1957 and for the next 4 years or so took photos for the Daily and/or Ensian. I received both a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Michigan. Following graduate school in 1971, I went to work for Kodak. When I left Kodak in 1993, I started a new career as a technical writer and consultant covering the rapidly developing digital imaging marketplace. Since then, I've written about digital imaging for a variety of publications worldwide.
I've posted a few photos on the web that might be of interest to Michigan viewers:
When Kennedy was shot, I helped compose the wood block type headline. Then some of us ran around campus distributing a special edition. Ron Wilton was editor, Gerry Storch, News and me asst. The woman who would later be my maid of honor, Marjorie Brahms, was ed page asst. I went on to Medill for an MSJ. And subsequently got a husband from a path begun at the Daily. We're retired now. Some might know that guy I married, Paul Janensch, former editor, APME President and now Quinnipiac U. Prof Emeritus of Journalism.
