# Kay Fanning

> Katherine "Kay" Fanning was an American journalist and newspaper editor and publisher. She was editor and publisher of the Anchorage Daily News. In 1983, she became editor of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first woman to edit an American national newspaper. She was the president of the American Society of News Editors from April 1987 to April 1988.

*American journalist and newspaper editor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kay-fanning

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1927-10-18
- **Died:** 2000-10-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Katherine "Kay" Fanning was an American journalist and newspaper editor and publisher. She was editor and publisher of the Anchorage Daily News. In 1983, she became editor of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first woman to edit an American national newspaper. She was the president of the American Society of News Editors from April 1987 to April 1988.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 49.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Kay Fanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Fanning)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16014856)

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