Alan Miller (journalist)
Encyclopedia
Alan C. Miller is an American journalist
, and president and CEO of the News Literacy Project.
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He worked for The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey
, and at The Times Union of Albany, New York
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He was a reporter with the Los Angeles Times from 1987 to 2008, and at its Washington bureau.
He is on the advisory board of the Center for News Literacy, at Stony Brook University.
The News Literacy Project conducts programs with middle school and high school students, about media literacy
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Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, and president and CEO of the News Literacy Project.
Life
He graduated from Wesleyan UniversityWesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
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He worked for The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 43,010....
, and at The Times Union of Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
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He was a reporter with the Los Angeles Times from 1987 to 2008, and at its Washington bureau.
He is on the advisory board of the Center for News Literacy, at Stony Brook University.
The News Literacy Project conducts programs with middle school and high school students, about media literacy
Media literacy
Media literacy is a repertoire of competences that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and forms.-Education:...
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Awards
- 1996 George Polk Award
- 1997 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative ReportingGoldsmith Prize for Investigative ReportingThe Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting is an award for journalists administered by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. The program was launched in 1991, with the goal of exposing examples of poor government, and encouraging good...
- 2002 Investigative Reporters and EditorsInvestigative Reporters and EditorsInvestigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the quality of investigative reporting. Formed in 1975, it presents the IRE Awards and holds conferences and training classes for journalists. Its headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri, at the University of...
Medal, for breaking the 1996 Democratic National Committee campaign finance scandal. - 2003 Pulitzer Prize for National ReportingPulitzer Prize for National ReportingThe Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award....
, for the series on the Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II