Background
Beckwith, Barbara Jean was born on December 11, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Barbara Jean Beckwith
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Bachelor in Journalism, Marquette U., 1970.
Career
News editor, Lake Geneva (Wisconsin) Regional News, 1972-1974; assistant editor, St. Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, 1974-1982; managing editor, St. Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, since 1982. Member United States Catholic Conference Communications Committee, 1990-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Member Catholic Press Association (board directors 1986-1996, vice president 1988-1990, president 1990-1992, best interview 1982, best photo story 1985, St. Francis de Sales award for outstanding contribution to Catholic journalism 1994, best poetry 1997), Women in Communications, Cincinnati Editors Association, Federation Church Press Assns. of International Catholic Union of the Press (3d vice president 1989-1992, president since 1992), National Catholic Association for Broadcasters and Communicators (board directors 1989-1996, 97-98), Catholic Journalism Scholarship Fund (board directors since 1993, vice president 1995-1996, president since 1996).
Connections
Daughter of Charles Barnes (deceased) and Elizabeth Ann (Nolan) B.
