White House Correspondent and Editor-in-Chief, Voice of America

Materials concerning Philomena Jurey's work covering the White House for Voice of America (VOA). The collection contains materials related to many of the key moments of the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations, including the détente summits of the 1970s and the Reagan-Gorbachev meetings of the mid-1980s.

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11.3 linear feet (ca. 20,800 pages)

Record Type
Textual
Donor

Philomena Sparano Jurey (accession 97-NLF-023)

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Personal Papers
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Copyright

Philomena Jurey donated to the United States of America her copyrights in all of her unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

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John J. O Connell, September 2015
 

Biography


 

Philomena Sparano Jurey


November 28, 1927 - Born, New Castle, Pennsylvania

1949 - B.A. in Journalism, University of Missouri

1949-50 - Reporter, The Southwest Times, Pulaski, VA

1950-52 - Reporter, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA

1952-58 - Reporter, The Vindicator, Youngstown, OH

1958-61 - Secretary, The London Daily Telegraph, Washington Bureau

1961-89 - Voice of America:
Newswriter (1965); Copy-Editor (1965-66); Coverage-Editor (1966-69); Duty Editor (1969-71); State Department Correspondent (1971-72); Deputy Chief, News Division (1972- 74); White House Correspondent (1974-88); Editor-in-Chief (1988-89)

1995 - Author of Basement Seat to History: Tales of Covering Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan for the Voice of America.