Virginia Byfield

Virginia "Ginger" Byfield was a Canadian reporter and editor.

Virginia "Ginger" Byfield
OccupationJournalist, Editor, Author, Teacher
Known forConservative Christian Principles, Western Canadian Interests, Educational Reform
Notable work
SCHOOLS: Saint John's Cathedral Boys' School, Saint John's School of Alberta, Saint John's School of Ontario, MAGAZINES: Alberta Report Newsmagazine, BC Report Newsmagazine, Western Report Newsmagazine, BOOKS: "Alberta in the 20th Century: A Journalistic History of the Province" (11 Volumes),[1] The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years (12 Volumes),[2]
Spouse(s)Ted Byfield (1928-)
ChildrenMike Byfield, Link Byfield, Philippa Byfield, Mary Frances Doucedame, Vincent Byfield, Thomas Byfield

Life and career

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1929 while her parents were working temporarily on a road crew, Byfield moved back to Greenfield, Nova Scotia, Canada at the age of 1. She began her journalism career working in the summer of 1947 as a reporter for the Ottawa Journal. She married Ted Byfield in 1949 while the two worked for the Timmins Press. After their first four children had reached adolescence she began teaching at St. John's Cathedral Boys School.

In 1969 she moved to Genesse, Alberta to teach at St. John's School of Alberta. In 1973 she worked as a reporter and editor for St. John's Edmonton Report which went on to become Alberta Report newsmagazine. During the life of the magazine she trained numerous writers that went on to work at the National Post, Maclean's Magazine and the Globe & Mail.[3]

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References
  1. "Alberta in the 20th Century: A Journalistic History of the Province". amazon.ca.
  2. "The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years". books.thechristians.com.
  3. "Formidable editor Ginger Byfield left an indelible mark". www.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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