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Mary Howarth was a British newspaper editor.
Howarth edited the women's column in the Daily Mail in the late 1890s. In November 1903, she was appointed as the first editor of the Daily Mirror.[1]
Although sometimes described as the first female editor on Fleet Street, she was preceded by Rachel Beer and Delariviere Manley.[2] Almost all the staff at the Mirror were women, proprietor Alfred Harmsworth describing it as a paper "for gentlewomen by gentlewomen".[3]
The first issue sold a healthy 276,000 copies, but the second sold 143,000 and Harmsworth lost confidence in his plan for the paper. He wrote to Hamilton Fyfe to offer him the job of editor. Fyfe replied, confirming that he would be happy to take up the post, as soon as he could resign as editor of the Morning Advertiser.[3]
By the end of the first week, sales were down to 100,000 copies, and Howarth returned to her job at the Mail. Fyfe took up the editorial post early in 1904, sacking almost all the female staff. He relaunched the paper with a focus on printing photographs of events.[3]
References
- ^ Adrian Bingham, Gender, Modernity, and the Popular Press in Inter-War Britain", p.34
- ^ Hadley Freeman, "Ladies of the press", The Guardian, 16 June 2005
- ^ a b c Jeff Wright, "The myth in the Mirror", British Journalism Review, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2003, pages 59-66
Media offices Preceded by
New positionEditor of the Daily Mirror
November 1903Succeeded by
Hamilton FyfeEditors of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Pictorial Daily Mirror 1903: Mary Howarth · 1904: Hamilton Fyfe · 1907: Alexander Kenealy · 1915: Ed Flynn · 1916: Alexander Campbell · 1931: Leigh Brownlee · 1934: Cecil Thomas · 1948: Silvester Bolam · 1953: Jack Nener · 1961: Lee Howard · 1971: Tony Miles · 1974: Michael Christiansen · 1975: Mike Molloy · 1985: Richard Stott · 1990: Roy Greenslade · 1991: Richard Stott · 1992: David Banks · 1994: Colin Myler · 1995: Piers Morgan · 2004: Richard WallaceSunday Pictorial 1915: F. R. Sanderson · 1921: William McWhirter · 1924: David Grant · 1928: William McWhirter · 1929: David Grant · 1938: Hugh Cudlipp · 1940: Stuart Campbell · 1946: Hugh Cudlipp · :1949: Phil Zec · 1952: Hugh Cudlipp · 1953: Colin Valdar · 1959: Lee Howard · 1961: Reg PayneSunday Mirror 1963: Michael Christiansen · 1972: Bob Edwards · 1984: Peter Thompson · 1986: Mike Molloy · 1988: Eve Pollard · 1991: Bridget Rowe · 1992: Colin Myler · 1994: Paul Connew · 1995: Tessa Hilton · 1996: Amanda Platell · 1997: Bridget Rowe · 1998: Brendon Parsons · 1998: Colin Myler · 2001: Tina WeaverCategories:- British journalists
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