Level | Item |
Ref No | OHP/104 |
Title | Marjorie Yue |
Date | 14 December 2001 |
Extent | 1 minidisc, 1 cd, 1 file, 2 AIFF files (609.7 MB) |
Creator Name | Yue; Marjorie; travel editor |
Description | Interview with Marjorie Yue, travel editor for the Observer. Conducted by Amy Fleming on 14 December 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Disc 1: Track 1 Test
Track 2 00.00 Introduction 00.40 Joined 1986, left 2000 00.55 Application for secretary to travel editor 01.30 Contributions to newspaper and responses 03.10 Taking responsibility from Desmond Barker 04.20 Route of promotion 05.05 Expectations of role when started at the Observer 06.10 Office locations from St Andrew's Hill to the Guardian at Farringdon Road 08.20 Editors of the Observer
11.40 Working within a family environment 12.30 Edward Mace retired as travel editor at start of Marjorie Yue's employment 13.20 Using typewriter. Change in office environment with arrival of computers 14.30 Process of filing and amending copy and typesetting 16.15 Weekly deadlines 16.30 Working hours 17.10 New computer systems - DOS 19.00 Office social life
20.30 Average working day 21.10 Friendships at Observer 22.20 Press trips and news story trips abroad e.g. Dubai, Hong Kong, Senegal 26.00 Feedback from readers 28.10 Support from received from editors and membership of NUJ
32.00 Writing and editing - learning on the job 32.50 House styles introduced by different editors 34.10 Impact of September 11 35.00 Pause 35.50 Expenses 39.20 Restrictions on commissioning, more in-house reporters used
40.20 Dealing with office politics 42.00 Comparing ethos of Observer to other newspapers e.g. the Times, the Standard 43.40 Pride in working for the Observer 44.30 200th Anniversary celebrations in 1991 46.00 Clive James 47.10 Julian Barnes 47.40 Discussion of personalities working for the Observer
50.25 Modern day office more homogenised 50.50 Disagreements in the office in the past 52.35 Changes in the ratio of men to women working for the Observer 53.50 Unusual feedback from readers 55.30 Major crises Al Fayad exposé edition
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Access Status | Open |
Access Conditions | Access to recording via GNM Digital Repository |
Format | Electronic record |
CD recording |
Printed document |
Minidisc recording |
Copyright | Guardian News & Media Ltd and Marjorie Yue |
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