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In 1931, she moved to the morning ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' as women's editor and general assignment reporter, a position that she held until 1937. Thereafter she spent a year as the part-time public relations assistant for the Louisiana State Library and as the pivotal Baton Rouge correspondent for the former ''New Orleans Item'' and the wire service, [[United Press International]].<ref name=lahist/>
In 1931, she moved to the morning ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' as women's editor and general assignment reporter, a position that she held until 1937. Thereafter she spent a year as the part-time public relations assistant for the Louisiana State Library and as the pivotal Baton Rouge correspondent for the former ''New Orleans Item'' and the wire service, [[United Press International]].<ref name=lahist/>
In 1938, Dixon became city editor of ''The Morning Advocate,'' a position that she retained until 1942, when she became assistant managing editor for some seven years. In 1949, she was promoted to her final position of managing editor.<ref name=lahist/> In her last three years at ''The Advocate,'' Kenneth L. Dixon (1915-1986) (no relation) was the editor of the editorial page.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-d/
In 1938, Dixon became city editor of ''The Morning Advocate,'' a position that she retained until 1942, when she became assistant managing editor for some seven years. In 1949, she was promoted to her final position of managing editor.<ref name=lahist/> In her last three years at ''The Advocate,'' [[Kenneth L. Dixon]] (no relation) was the editor of the editorial page.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-d/
|title=Dixon, Kenneth L.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
|title=[[Kenneth L. Dixon|Dixon, Kenneth L.]]|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
In 1955, Dixon headed the [[Associated Press]] Association of Louisiana and [[Mississippi]]. She was close to Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] and often advised him on press and political strategy, according to Long's former lieutenant governor, [[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]]. In 1956 and 1964, she was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]. The former met in [[Chicago]] to re-nominate former [[Illinois]] Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]], as the presidential candidate, with [[U.S. Senator]] [[Estes Kefauver]] of [[Tennessee]] as his running-mate. In 1964, the convention met in Atlantic City, [[New Jersey]], to nominate [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and U.S. Senator [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]] for the presidency and vice presidency, respectively.<ref name=lahist/> Humphrey had Baton Rouge ties, having been a graduate student at Dixon's LSU. Dixon also served on the LSU Board of Supervisors from 1951 to 1960, on the initial appointment of Governor Long.
In 1955, Dixon headed the [[Associated Press]] Association of Louisiana and [[Mississippi]]. She was close to Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] and often advised him on press and political strategy, according to Long's former lieutenant governor, [[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]]. In 1956 and 1964, she was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]. The former met in [[Chicago]] to re-nominate former [[Illinois]] Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]], as the presidential candidate, with [[U.S. Senator]] [[Estes Kefauver]] of [[Tennessee]] as his running-mate. In 1964, the convention met in Atlantic City, [[New Jersey]], to nominate [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and U.S. Senator [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]] for the presidency and vice presidency, respectively.<ref name=lahist/> Humphrey had Baton Rouge ties, having been a graduate student at Dixon's LSU. Dixon also served on the LSU Board of Supervisors from 1951 to 1960, on the initial appointment of Governor Long.