Joan Konner papers, 1950s-2010s

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Series I: Articles and Clippings

This series contains articles and editorials written by Konner as well as media coverage of her television and documentary work. There are multiple copies of the fragile newsprint and some photocopies.


Subseries I.1: Articles

This subseries contains Konner's earliest articles and editorials published in the Bergen Record (1960s). There are also copies of Konner's Newsday column on media, some book reviews for the New York Times, and other articles, published and published. Materials are organized for the most part chronologically.


Bergen Record



Box 1 Folder 1 Bergen Record articles, 1961


Box 1 Folder 2 Bergen Record articles, 1961-1963


Box 1 Folder 3 Bergen Record articles, 1962-1963


Box 1 Folder 4 Bergen Record articles, 1961-1963


Box 1 Folder 5 Bergen Record articles, 1961-1963


Box 1 Folder 6 Bergen Record articles, 1961-1964


Box 1 Folder 7 "Who Needs a Parade?," New York Magazine, 1968


Newsday


Box 1 Folder 8 Columns, 1988-1990


Box 1 Folder 9 Clips, 1988-1990


Box 1 Folder 10 Columns to Date, 1988-1990


Box 1 Folder 11 "TV Editorials: A Last Whimper", 1988 December 29


Box 1 Folder 12 "TV Can Afford Some Opinion", 1989 October 9


Box 1 Folder 13 "Experts or Phrase Makers", 1989 November 13


Box 1 Folder 14 "Protect One's Sources, or Publish the Facts?, 1989 December 11


Box 1 Folder 15 Neuharth, 1990 January

Includes materials 1988-1990, articles and books reviews on Al Neuharth's "Confessions of an S.O.B."


Box 1 Folder 16 "Missing Beat: Ideas", 1990 February


Box 1 Folder 17 "Winning and Other Triumphs", 1990 April


Box 1 Folder 18 "Newsrooms with a Female View", 1990 May


Box 1 Folder 19 Correspondence, 1989-1991


Box 1 Folder 20 Distribution list, circa 1990


Box 1 Folder 21 Fact file, 1985-1990

Column background


Box 1 Folder 22 Feedback, 1990


Box 1 Folder 23 Ideas for future columns, 1989-1990


New York Times Book Review


Box 1 Folder 24 "What Made Him a Hero," Review of Joseph Persico's Edward R. Murrow: An American Original, 1989

Includes diskette


Box 1 Folder 25 "Pinning Down a Force in 20th-Century History," Review of Sally Bedell Smith's In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle, 1990


Box 1 Folder 26 "Women in the Marketplace," Vital Speeches, 1990


Box 1 Folder 27 "Readers Don't Always Know What They Want," ASNE Bulletin, 1992

American Society of News Editors (ASNE)


Box 1 Folder 28 "Scandal Women: Cut the Hypocrisy," Newsday op-ed, 1998

On Kathleen Willey, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones


Box 1 Folder 29 "Diane 'Got' Gore. But What Did We Get?," Brill's Content, 1999

Diane Sawyer's interview of Al Gore on 20/20.


"Media's Patriotism Provides a Shield for Bush," Newsday


Box 1 Folder 30 Newsday op-ed, 2002


Box 1 Folder 31-32 Email responses, 2002, 2 folders


Writing selections


Box 1 Folder 33 Writings, 1982-1999


Box 1 Folder 34 Articles, 1988-2003


Box 1 Folder 35 Dean's Articles: Other Publications, 1989-1992


Box 1 Folder 39 Articles, 1999-2006



Box 2 Folder 1 Articles and Columns, 2000-2002


Box 2 Folder 2 Writings - Unpublished, 1980s


Box 2 Folder 3 Questions - Unpublished, 1990s


Box 2 Folder 4 Books & Articles - Time, Limos - unpublished, 1990s


New York Times op-eds unpublished


Box 2 Folder 5 "Writing to Time", 1992

On federal funding for public television


Box 2 Folder 6 "Women v. Women", 1998

On Kathleen Willey


Subseries I.2: Clippings

This subseries includes reviews of Konner's work on television, numerous press releases, and some correspondence. Materials are organized chronologically.


Clips - Personal


Box 2 Folder 7 Articles about Joan Konner, 1973-1990


Box 2 Folder 8 Clips, 1986-1997


Box 2 Folder 9 Press Clips, 1987-1991


Box 2 Folder 10 Clips Press, 2005


Clips - Professional


Box 2 Folder 11 NBC News and New York Illustrated Clips and Press Releases, 1969-1975


Box 2 Folder 12 NBC News Clips and Press Releases, 1970-1983


Box 2 Folder 13 NBC Press Clippings, 1972-1974


Box 2 Folder 14 Clips and Press Releases, 1971-1991


Box 2 Folder 15 Channel 13 Press, 1974-1982


Box 2 Folder 16-17 Bill Moyers' Journal Press, 1977-1981, 2 folders


Box 2 Folder 18 Public Affairs Television with Bill Moyers Publicity, 1988


Box 2 Folder 19 "Joan's Clippings", 1981-2006


Box 2 Folder 20 Columbia University Record articles featuring J. Konner, 1984-1996


Box 2 Folder 21 Press as New Dean, 1988


Box 2 Folder 22 Press Clippings as Dean, 1986-1993


Box 2 Folder 23 School of Journalism Press Clippings, 1988-1994


Box 2 Folder 24 Konner Press Releases, 1995-1996


Box 2 Folder 25 Dean Emerita Press Clippings, 1996-1998