Editing George Anthan (section)

== Biography ==
Anthan was born in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], in 1936, and was a graduate of the [[University of Kansas]] School of Journalism.<ref name=Register-obit />

He spent his early career reporting in [[Valley Junction, Iowa|Valley Junction]] and [[Des Moines, Iowa]], for the ''[[Des Moines Tribune]]''.  In 1971, he joined the ''[[The Des Moines Register|Register]]''{{'}}s prestigious Washington, D.C., bureau.  There he covered agriculture, food safety, and farm policy issues for 30 years.

Anthan stated, "My credentials for covering agriculture were established in my first several weeks working for the ''Des Moines Register'' when I was assigned to cover the [[Iowa State Fair]].  And immediately—which is a treasured assignment, since the book ''[[State Fair (novel)|State Fair]]'' was written by a ''Des Moines Register'' reporter — and I immediately identified in the caption some purebred [[pig|swine]] as [[Hereford Hog|Hereford]]s.  It was the only time in my 40-some-year career at the ''Des Moines Register'' that I heard the words, 'Stop the presses.'"{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Anthan used an [[Underwood Typewriter Company|Underwood]] and then an [[IBM Selectric II]] typewriter for most of his career.