- Robert Giles
Robert H. Giles (born circa 1933) is current curator of the
Nieman Foundation for Journalism .Giles graduated from
DePauw University in 1955 and received his master's degree in 1956 from theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism . He was aNieman Fellow in 1966 and aGannett professional-in-residence at the William Allen White School of Journalism at theUniversity of Kansas .Under Giles' editorship, "
The Akron Beacon Journal " received thePulitzer Prize in 1971 for coverage of theKent State shootings , and "The Detroit News " won in 1994 for the newspaper's disclosures of a scandal in the Michigan House Fiscal Agency.He is the author of "Newsroom Management: A Guide to Theory and Practice."
He worked at the
The Freedom Forum prior to taking the curatorship at Nieman in 2000.References
* [http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/08.21/giles_nieman.html Giles named Nieman Foundation curator] "Harvard University Gazette", August 21, 2000.
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