Interview with Janet St. James describing her motivation to become a journalist and thoughts about journalism as a field, with highlights from her career, particularly her work in Dallas reporting on health and crime stories and winning an Excellence of Journalism award from the Press Club of Dallas. She also talks about her background and education, as well as her personal life.
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Interview with Janet St. James describing her motivation to become a journalist and thoughts about journalism as a field, with highlights from her career, particularly her work in Dallas reporting on health and crime stories and winning an Excellence of Journalism award from the Press Club of Dallas. She also talks about her background and education, as well as her personal life.
This text is part of the following collection of related materials.
Women With Words
Short biographies and oral histories of female journalists in the DFW area. Students in the UNT Mayborn School of Journalism conducted the interviews and wrote summary articles as part of a research class.
Owens, Brittany; Reyes, Blanca; Maxwell, Bailey & St. James, Janet.Oral History Interview with Janet St. James, 2018,
text,
October 26, 2018;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1137649/:
accessed May 24, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism.