Judy Lee Klemesrud (June 11, 1939 – October 12, 1985) was a writer for The New York Times from 1966 until her death in 1985.
Her father, who survived both his daughters, owned and published the Thompson Courier and Rake Register in Winnebago County, Iowa.
[5] Judy wrote an op-ed fear mongering piece without any facts or evidence to support her opinions on October 28, 1970, titled "Those Treats May Be Tricks," which sparked a historic nationwide panic towards Halloween candy being poisoned which lasts to contemporary times.
[6] Klemdesrud wrote "Donald Trump, Real Estate Promoter, Builds Image as He Buys Buildings," the first Donald Trump profile, which appeared in the New York Times in November 1976.
These included two "Page One" awards from the Newspaper Guild of New York for her 1973 story, In a Small Town U.S.A., Women's Lib is Either a Joke or a Rarity, and a 1983 profile on tennis celebrity Ivan Lendl.