 Dr.
Karen F. Dunlap
Dean
and Reporting, Writing & Editing Faculty
kfdunlap@poynter.org
Focuses on qualities of good
writing and editing, and on effective leadership. Uses experiences
as a reporter, editor, Pulitzer Prize jurist, and contributor
to the Best Newspaper Writing series to teach techniques of award-winning
writers. Also focuses on successful newsroom leaders and how writers
and editors do their best work together. Draws on her study of
news directors, editors, and other news executives in encouraging
managers to examine their goals and behavior. Teaches by engaging
groups in discussions on the language and methods of excellent
journalism.
Co-author of The Effective
Editor: How to Lead Your Staff to Better Writing and Better Teamwork;
former editor of the Best Newspaper Writing series; member
of PoynterÕs Board of Trustees; reporter for the Nashville
Banner, Macon News, and the St. Petersburg Times; former
editor of Warner Robins (Ga.) Enterprise; faculty,
University of South Florida. B.A., Michigan State University;
M.S., Tennessee State University; Ph.D., mass communications,
University of Tennessee.
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