He was brought in to revamp the editorial format of This Week, a nationally syndicated Sunday magazine supplement that was included in American newspapers between 1935 and 1969.
"We tried hard to turn out a better editorial product," an unnamed Crowell, Coller executive told The New York Times.
"[3] Woestendiek then took a job in 1969 with WETA-TV, a PBS station in Washington, D.C., where he was the anchor, editor and producer of a television news program, “Newsroom.” He lost this position in April 1970 when his wife Kay accepted a position as press secretary to Martha Mitchell, the “outspoken” wife of Attorney General John N. Mitchell.
William J. McCarter, general manager of WETA, a public broadcasting station, said that Woestendiek was being ‘relieved of his duties’ as a direct result of his wife’s new job.
“Kay Woestendiek joined Mrs. Mitchell last week as a press aide on the attorney general’s private payroll in the midst of a controversy generated by Mrs. Mitchell’s early-morning call to the Arkansas Gazette demanding that it ‘crucify’ Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-Ark, April 10.”[4] San Francisco Chronicle columnist Art Hoppe wrote a humorous piece headlined “John Loves Martha Still” in which Kay Woestendiek referees a conversation between the Mitchells after her hiring as a press secretary.