- Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson is a
Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist.Born in
Washington D.C. , she studied journalism atHoward University , becoming editor-in-chief of the college newspaper "The Hilltop". Whilst at university, Wilkersonintern ed at many presdigious publications, including theLos Angeles Times and theWashington Post .cite web | url = http://www.journalism.emory.edu/program/wilkerson.cfm | title = Emory University Education Program | publisher = Emory University | accessdate=2008-06-18]In 1994, whilst Chicago bureau chief of the
The New York Times , she became the firstAfrican-American woman to win thePulitzer Prize in journalism [cite web | url = http://www.nabj.org/30/moments/thirty/index.php | title = 30 Moments in Journalism | publisher = NABJ | accessdate = 2008-06-18] , winning the feature writing award for her coverage of the 1993 midwestern floods and her profile of a 10-year-old boy who was responsible for his four siblings. [cite web | url = http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/19930404children.pdf | title = First Born, Fast Grown: The Manful Life of Nicholas, 10 (April 4, 1993) | publisher = New York Times | accessdate = 2008-06-18 | format = PDF]Wilkerson has also won a George S. Polk Award, a
Guggenheim Fellowship , and a Journalist of the Year award from theNational Association of Black Journalists .She currently holds the position of James M. Cox Professor of Journalism at
Emory University .References
External links
*cite web | url = http://www.gf.org/wfellow.html | title = List of Guggenheim Fellows | publisher = Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | accessdate = 2008-06-18
*cite web | url = http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prev/prev90.html | title = George Polk Award winners | publisher = Long Island University | accessdate = 2008-06-18
*cite web | url = http://www.nabj.org/awards/honors/past_winners/index.php | title = National Association of Black Journalists: Past Award winners | publisher = NABJ | accessdate = 2008-06-18
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