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4 Columbia Journalism sChool Winter 2010 FaCulty anD staFF news — helen BeneDiCT Professor Helen Benedict has published her fifth novel, “The Edge of Eden” (Soho Press, November 2009), set in the Seychelles Islands in 1960 and inspired by her parents’ anthropological field notes. The book was highly recommended by Library Journal, which noted that the author “offers distinctive crosscultural insights as well as a cadre of satiric and fascinating characters, and the result is a story that is both touching and humorous.” Benedict recently also published a nonfiction book and a related play on women in the military serving in Iraq. DaviD haJDu Associate Professor David Hajdu’s latest book, “Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture” (DaCapo Press, October 2009), is “a rollicking collection. … Hajdu’s essays never fail to amuse, please and provoke,” according to PW.com. Hajdu has been writing definitively about the arts and pop culture for the last 13 years. His first two books were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award and his third book, “The Ten-Cent Plague,” was named No. 1 best book of the year on the arts by the editors of Amazon. STeven Berlin JohnSon Steven Berlin Johnson, noted digital media expert and author, is the 2009 Hearst New Media Professionalin-Residence at the Journalism School. Johnson, who joined the school this fall, will participate in classes and programs and deliver the annual Hearst lecture in April. In his bestselling books, Johnson predicted the rise of the blogosphere and many Web 2.0 developments. His 2001 Webby Award-winning Plastic.com was one of the first sites featuring content driven by users. He is also the co-creator of Outside.In, one of the first in a new generation of hyperlocal news sites to aggregate and map news from thousands of sources. Johnson is a contributing editor to Wired magazine and writes frequently on the intersection of culture and technology. kim kleman Kim Kleman, adjunct faculty member, will be teaching “Consumer Journalism” in the spring semester. As editor- in-chief of Consumer Reports magazine, Kleman showcases CR’s unique mix of expert, independent product testing, survey research, investigative journalism and consumer advocacy. She also serves as deputy editorial director of Consumers Union and previously served as managing editor, deputy editor and special assignments editor of Consumer Reports, shepherding award-winning investigative projects. She came to Consumers Union in 1997 from the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, where she was an award-winning editor and the subject of “Coaching Writers,” a video by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. kelly mCmaSTerS Kelly McMasters, a member of the adjunct faculty, is the author of the narrative nonfiction book “Wel- come to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town” (PublicAffairs, 2008), released in paperback last April. In her first book, McMasters, who obtained an M.F.A. in literary nonfiction from Columbia in 2004, juxtaposes her happy childhood in Shirley, Long Island, against the questionable safety of nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory, which leaked toxic nuclear and chemical waste into the aquifer from which the residents unknowingly drew their well water. Her book has been featured in O, the Oprah Magazine, in The Washington Post and on “The Brian Lehrer Show” on NPR. McMasters has a B.A. from Vassar College and teaches writing at mediabistro. com and The New School as well as at the Journalism School. She is the co-director of the KGB Nonfiction Reading Series in the East Village. ava Seave Ava Seave, adjunct faculty member, will be teaching “Making the Business of Journalism Work” in the spring semester. Seave is a principal of Quantum Media, a leading New York City-based consulting firm focused on marketing and strategic planning for media, information and entertainment companies. Before founding Quantum Media with four others in 1998, Seave was a general manager at three leading media companies: Scholastic Inc., The Village Voice and TVSM, the country’s largest cable listings magazine. She teaches “Strategic Management of Media” and “Media Strategy: Analysis, Innovation and Implementation” at Columbia Business School. She is the co-author (with Jonathan Knee and Bruce Greenwald) of a book titled “Curse of the Mogul: What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media Companies.”
investigative reporter Wins 2009 John Chancellor award — ken armSTrong, an investigative reporter whose work prompted the governor of Illinois to declare a moratorium on executions, is the recipient of the 2009 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. Armstrong, a staff reporter for The Seattle Times, was selected for the depth and impact of his coverage of the criminal justice system. The John Chancellor Award is presented each year to a reporter for his or her cumulative accomplishments. The prize honors the legacy of pioneering television correspondent and longtime NBC News anchor John Chancellor. The award was presented to Armstrong on Nov. 18 at a dinner at Columbia’s Low Library in New York. “Armstrong’s stories on capital punishment in Illinois exposed wrongdoing and saved lives,” said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Journalism School and chair of the award’s selection committee. “He has consistently taken important local issues and The ColumBia JournaliSm revieW has selected four leading journalists as the first group of CJR Encore Fellows, a new initiative — the first of its kind in the news industry — that provides downsized professionals with a writing position as well as support to help them choose how best to use their experience in the years ahead. Their work is featured in the magazine and on CJR.org during the nine-month period beginning October 2009. Partners of the project are The Poynter Institute, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., one of the nation’s top journalism training centers, which provides digital media and other educational opportunities tailored to the fellows’ needs; and Civic Ventures, a San Francisco-based think tank that developed the Encore concept and has created a pilot program for experienced Silicon Valley executives transitioning to the nonprofit sector. David Bank ’85 is a vice president and editor of Civic Ventures’ Encore.org. l-r: Ira Lipman, Ken Armstrong and Dean Nicholas Lemann brought them to national attention. This kind of tireless reporting performs a critical public service and embodies the spirit of the John Chancellor Award.” Ken Armstrong has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist four times in four different categories: public service, national, explanatory CJr encore Fellows: life after Downsizing — CJR’s Encore Fellows were drawn from the senior reporting ranks of those who have recently left their jobs because of the industry’s economic condition, but who are not ready for traditional retirement. Thanks to a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, they receive stipends on par with other important journalism fellowships. The inaugural 2009 CJR Encore Fellows are Lisa Anderson, Jill Drew, Terry McDermott and Don Terry. Anderson was the New York bureau chief and a national correspondent for the Chicago Tribune until December 2008. She was a features correspondent for the Tribune before that, profiling people from Brad Pitt to Nancy Reagan. Prior to the Tribune, she worked for Women’s Wear Daily, W Magazine and WCBS-TV News. Drew was an associate editor, assistant managing editor, weekend editor, Wall Street correspondent and China correspondent at The Washington Post until August 2009. Before joining The Post, she worked for seven years as and investigative reporting. For the past 21 years, he has covered a range of social issues, including failures in the criminal justice system to illegally sealed court records, Orwellian conditions in the Postal Service, and the community’s complicity in protecting wayward athletes. an editor and reporter for New York Newsday. McDermott worked at eight newspapers over 30 years, most recently at the Los Angeles Times, reporting from more than two dozen countries on diverse subjects. Terry has worked at the Chicago Defender, the Chicago Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and The New York Times, where he was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for the series “How Race Is Lived in America.” Currently, Terry writes a weekly column for the Chicago Sun-Times. “CJR is thrilled to be able to play a critical role not only in assisting these distinguished journalists, but our hope is that they will inspire downsized journalists across the country, who will benefit from the examples set by this inaugural class of fellows in developing their encore careers,” said Professor Victor Navasky, chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review and director of the Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism. 5
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