Katherine "Kay" Fanning was an American journalist and newspaper editor and publisher.
16 Facts About Kay Fanning
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Kay Fanning was editor and publisher of the Anchorage Daily News.
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Kay Fanning was the president of the American Society of News Editors from April 1987 to April 1988.
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In 1963, Fanning, then Kay Field, decided to obtain a divorce from her husband and after a difficult two years, she quit drinking, taking sleeping pills and tranquilizers, and resumed her study of Christian Science, which she had first come to know as a child.
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Kay Fanning soon got a part-time job at the Anchorage Daily News, her first job, but in a field she felt close to, having been married to a newspaper publisher for 13 years, and having had some experience at her college newspaper.
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In spring 1966, newspaper editor Larry Kay Fanning came to visit.
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Larry Kay Fanning came to investigate the possibility of purchasing the Anchorage Daily News, the owners of which were nearing retirement.
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In 1971, Kay Fanning became a widow for a second time when Larry died at age 57.
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Kay Fanning promptly took over management and editing of the paper.
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Kay Fanning remained as publisher and circulation did increase, reaching 50,000 in 1982.
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Kay Fanning stayed at the Anchorage Daily News until 1983, when she moved to Boston to work at the Christian Science Monitor and became the first woman to edit an American national newspaper.
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Kay Fanning criticized restructuring that she said would give the business manager direct control of the Monitor's editorial content and with the cuts in funds and page count would mean "the serious weakening of [the Monitor's] editorial substance".
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The resignations were announced at a staff meeting, where it was reported Kay Fanning's remarks drew applause.
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Kay Fanning had three children with her first husband, Marshall Field IV, a son, film producer and entrepreneur Ted Field, and two daughters.
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Kay Fanning was married to her second husband, Larry Fanning, in late summer, 1966.
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Kay Fanning died in October 2000, one day after her 73rd birthday.