Will Steacy

The Fourth Branch Of Government

Supplement Celebrating 100th Anniversary of The York Dispatch, Founded By Hiram Young (1830-1905)

One Of The First Issues of The Evening Dispatch (Renamed The York Dispatch In 1904), York, PA, 1876

John Steacy's College Essay Describing His Summer Job At The York Dispatch, 1938

John Steacy Takes Over As Editor-In-Chief, Virginia Spectator, 1940

John Steacy With Frances Young, Daughter Of H. W. Young, Vice President Of Dispatch Publishing Company, 1943

In Telegram To Parents, John Steacy Reports His Engagement To Frances Young And Commissioned A Second Lieutenant In Air Force

John Steacy Joined The Army In July 1942, Stationed At Buckingham Army Air Field, The Largest Aerial Gunnery School In The World

During Four-Year Tour of Duty, Steacy Was Part Of A Six Man Staff That Published Flexigun, A Weekly, Eight-Page Tabloid For Camp, 1941

Lt. John Steacy With pressmen At The Fort Meyers News-Press, 1944

John Steacy Covering A Borough Council Meeting For The Milton Evening Standard

John Steacy In Front Of Freight-Train Wreck, Milton, January, 1949

John Steacy Letter To Wife Sharing Highlights From His First Big Story At The Milton Evening Standard, December, 1945

John Steacy In Evening Standard Newsroom, 1946

John Steacy, Managing Editor, The Milton Evening Standard, July 7th, 1949

John Steacy (striped tie, first row, center) With The Staff Of The Evening Standard

John & Frances Steacy With Sons, Chips and Tom

John Steacy’s Resume And Clip Folder

Steacy's Work Experience

John Steacy Cuts Coworker's Hair At Milton Evening Standard, December, 1950

Steacy At The Call-Chronicle, Allentown, PA

"I Believe You Lived Up To The Principles That Are So Necessary When You Grant To A Newspaper The Phrase "The Freedom Of The Press"."

Throughout His Life John Steacy Kept His Diary In The Margins Of His Books. Here, He Writes About New Job At Call-Chronicle

At 2am The Night Before His First Day At Chronicle, Steacy Is Displeased With His Room And Changes Hotels

John Steacy Reads Over A Story Typed On Extra-Long Sheets Of Copy Paper

John Steacy & Co-Worker, In The Call-Chronicle Newsroom

A Good Newspaper Is The Mirror Of Its Community.

John Steacy Edits Story On Saturday Night For Sunday Call-Chronicle

Reporter's Notebook Column Describing Life As A Newspaper Reporter

John Steacy Was One Of Several Call-Chronicle Staffers Awarded Prizes In State Newspaper Contest, 1954.

John Steacy With The Pipe That Never Seemed To Leave His Mouth In Call-Chronicle Newsroom

Hours Defore Deadline John Steacy Checks A Story With Another Editor On The City Desk, December 1954

John Steacy Will Be In Charge Of The News Operation Of The Evening Chronicle, January, 1960

A Postcard To The Newsroom Staff From John Steacy While On Vacation

John Steacy, Seated, After The First Issue In New Newsroom Was Put To Bed, July 1966

John Steacy Reading By Office Window

John Steacy’s Office Window, New Call-Chronicle News Building, 1966

John Steacy, Editor of Call-Chronicle, In His Office.

John Steacy's Journal Entry Noting His Retirement From Newspaper Business, 1975

Clipping announcing Steacy's retirement, 1975

John Steacy Smoking In Friend’s House, Quogue, Long Island

John Steacy Dies, November 15th, 1976

Tribute To A Newsman, John Steacy Praised For Bringing Out The Best in His Co-Workers, 1976

John Steacy & Tom Steacy

Letter From American Press Institute, 1976

Tom Steacy, junior year, Washington & Jefferson College, 1968

Tom Steacy Arrives Home From Army Boot Camp, 1970

Tom Steacy, High School Year Book, 1966

Tom Steacy (Standing, In Back) At First Newspaper Job As Copy Boy, Allentown Morning Call, 1966

Tom Steacy Elected Editor of Washington & Jefferson Student Newspaper during a time of widespread unrest across the country, 1968

Tom Steacy With Washington & Jefferson Student Newspaper Editors, 1970

Tom Steacy Acceptance Letter To Columbia Journalism School, 1971

Tom Steacy's Classroom Editing Exercise Targeting Wordiness & Awkward Phrases, 1972

Tom Steacy, 1970s

Tom Steacy's Notes On The Role Of The Press

"When In Doubt, Leave It Out."

Tom Steacy’s list of key dates in the Watergate scandal

Tom Steacy in City Hall Bureau, Houston Chronicle, 1973

Tom Steacy’s first typewriter

Press Pass, Houston Chronicle, 1974

One Of Tom Steacy's Reporter's Notebooks

One Of Tom Steacy's Favorite Stories. Houston Was Only City In The Nation's 20 Largest To Refuse Federal Aid For Its Police Department.

A front-page article in the New York Times, written by Tom Steacy when he was the Times’ Houston stringer

Tom Steacy Was Made City Editor At The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, 1976

John Steacy's Note Sharing Son Tom's New Position, 1976

Spoof Farewell Account Of Tom Steacy’s Last Day In Yonkers Before Heading To New Job In Philadelphia

Help-Wanted Ads From Editor & Publisher

Tom Steacy Seeks Job At Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 1, 1974

“We Are Not Hiring At The Inquirer…”

“We Have Been Operating Under A Strict Job Freeze…”

Letter Confirming Tom Steacy's New job As Copy Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 15, 1982

Philadelphia Inquirer I.D. card, February 1982

News Guild Contract, 1982

Tom Steacy, Assistant Metro Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1995

Will Steacy’s Drawing of The Inquirer Building, 1986

Picket Line, 46 Day Strike Against Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., 1985

Top Papers, Top Pay

Letter To Newsroom Employees About Worker Benefits During Strike, 1985

Tom Steacy, Metro Desk, 1995

"You're A Good Man Steacy" -Rosey

1952 Floor Plan Of New 5th Floor Newsroom.

Consultants' Guidelines On Best Ways To Organize Work Spaces In A Modern Newsroom

Copy Desk, Neighbors Section, 1987. Image Courtesy Of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Vacant Fifth Floor Newsroom After Inquirer Moved To Second Floor Newsroom, April 1997.

Floor Plan For New Newsroom On Second Floor, 1996

Invitation To Newsroom Staff To Attend Dedication Of New Newsroom, April, 1997

Inquirer Editor Maxwell King At Dedication Of New Newsroom, April, 1997

Tom Steacy Being Cited For Coordinating New Newsroom Project, April, 1997

Tom Steacy, ID Card

Tom Steacy’s Farewell Letter To The Inquirer Staff After He Was Laid Off, October, 2011