Tom Davis (journalist)

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Tom Davis (b.1967) is an award-winning journalist and academic on mental health issues.

Career

Journalism

One of Davis' first jobs was as a reporter and columnist at "The Princeton Packet" when he was employed by the magazine in 1989, in 1990 he moved on to "The Delaware State News" where he worked for 3 years. He wrote for "The Ocean County Observer" before becomming a reporter at "The Press of Atlantic City" in 1993, a position he maintained for 5 years.

In 1998 Davis moved on to "The Morning Call" before leaving there in 2001 to work for "The Record" where he wrote "Coping" [ [http://www.northjersey.com/columnists/davis.html Columnists] northjersey.com] one of the nation’s only mental health newspaper columns that was published in "The Record" of Bergen County, New Jersey, from 2003 to 2008.

He now writes [http://www.coping-with-life.com Coping with Life] , a blog that deals with life, family and mental health issues. He also writes about mental health issues for The Huffington Post. [ [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-davis Tom Davis] huffingtonpost.com]

Teaching

Davis teaches journalism classes at Rutgers University, and a course on mental health issues in the media at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.

Awards and Honours

In 1990, Davis was awarded the NJPA's Robert P. Kelly award, which is the state's rookie-of-the-year prize for young journalists. [ [http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/jri/news/davisnjmgaward121103.html Davis Named 2004 North Jersey Media Group Journalist in Residence] , Rutgers University press release dated December 11, 2003. Accessed October 17, 2007.]

In 2003, he won a first-place award in the New Jersey Press Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest. [ [http://www.njpa.org/njpa/better_newspaper_contest/2002/editorial_daily.html Better Newspaper Contest - 2002 Editorial Results for Dailies] , New Jersey Press Association. Accessed October 17, 2007.] It was his fourth such honor. He was one of six people in the nation to win the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship in 2004. [ [http://www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/archive/author/davis.html The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism 2004-2005] . Accessed October 17, 2007.]

Tom Davis was named "Citizen of the Year" by the New Jersey Psychiatric Association in 2007. He also received an ambassador award from the New Jersey Governor’s Council on Stigma in 2008. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/mhstigmacouncil/home/news/council/approved/080522.html Governor's Council on Mental Health Stigma] AMBASSADOR AWARDS: May-22-08]

References

External links

* [http://www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/archive/author/davis.html Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship] cartercenter.org
* [http://www.rosalynncarter.org Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving] rosalynncarter.org
* [http://www.northjersey.com/columnists/davis.html Coping column at The Record of Bergen County, N.J.] northjersey.com
* [http://www.coping-with-life.com Coping with Life] coping-with-life.com