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Interview no. | R-0771 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.43. Special Research Projects: NewStories |
Project description | NewStories, begun in 2012, is an ongoing project of the University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism. Interviews are conducted by students enrolled in media history coursework under the direction of Dr. Barbara Friedman. The series explores the life experiences of North Carolina media workers, whose career fields include print and broadcast news, photojournalism, web journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising and education. Included is a series of interviews with inductees of the North Carolina Halls of Fame. The interviews are biographical in nature, yet some concentrate on particular events or periods within the lifetime of the respondent. |
Date | 23 October 2013 |
Interviewee | Brinson, Linda, 1948- |
Interviewee occupation | Journalists |
Interviewee DOB | 1948 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Jansen, Katie. |
Abstract | For Linda Brinson writing has always been in the cards. However, she didn't get into newspaper journalism until attending Wake Forest University. Brinson worked for the campus newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She served as managing editor during her junior year and editor-in-chief during her senior year. When Brinson graduated from WFU in 1969, female journalists were expected to work in the women's features section of the newspaper. Determined to cover hard news instead, she took a job on the obituary desk for the Winston-Salem Journal. Her journey into hard news advanced as she moved to Maryland to work on the copy desk for the Baltimore Sun. Brinson soon became assistant national editor of that newspaper. Her position was the highest a woman had ever attained at the Sun, and during her time there she handled stories covering Vice President Spiro Agnew's resignation and the Watergate scandal. When she and her husband moved back to North Carolina, Brinson went to work for the Sentinel in Winston-Salem. She began to write personal columns while working from home and taking care of her newborn son. Positive reception to her column led Brinson to eventually move to editorial writing, and when the Sentinel was closed in 1985, Brinson moved to its sister paper, the Winston-Salem Journal. She also helped to edit the paper and was named interim editorial page editor in 2002. Months later Brinson became full editorial page editor, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Brinson retired from the newspaper in 2008. Now, she freelances for various publications, completes various editing projects, and runs her own book review blog. In addition, she teaches courses in magazine writing and editing as an adjunct instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Citation | Interview with Linda Brinson by Katie Jansen, 23 October 2013 R-0771, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0771_Audio |