Milton Coleman
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Milton Coleman is the deputy managing editor of Washington Post and the current president of the American Society of News Editors
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Coleman joined Washington Post in 1976 and was promoted to the deputy managing editor position in 1996. He had played a principal role in the newspaper's strategy and development of zoned editions and improved its coverage of Latinos, including news in Spanish.
He was elected as the president of the American Society of News Editors
in April 2010. He also has served as a member of the nominating committee for the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, a judge for the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
and National Association of Black Journalists and Asian American Journalist Association awards, and the chairman of the Seldon Ring Award for Investigative Reporting judging committee.
Coleman graduated from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He was a Southern Education Foundation Fellow in 1971 and a fellow in the Michele Clark Summer Program for Minority Journalists at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
in 1974.
American Society of News Editors
The American Society of News Editors is a membership organization for editors, producers or directors in charge of journalistic organizations or departments, deans or faculty at university journalism schools, and leaders and faculty of media-related foundations and training organizations...
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Coleman joined Washington Post in 1976 and was promoted to the deputy managing editor position in 1996. He had played a principal role in the newspaper's strategy and development of zoned editions and improved its coverage of Latinos, including news in Spanish.
He was elected as the president of the American Society of News Editors
American Society of News Editors
The American Society of News Editors is a membership organization for editors, producers or directors in charge of journalistic organizations or departments, deans or faculty at university journalism schools, and leaders and faculty of media-related foundations and training organizations...
in April 2010. He also has served as a member of the nominating committee for the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, a judge for the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalisms award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who...
and National Association of Black Journalists and Asian American Journalist Association awards, and the chairman of the Seldon Ring Award for Investigative Reporting judging committee.
Coleman graduated from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He was a Southern Education Foundation Fellow in 1971 and a fellow in the Michele Clark Summer Program for Minority Journalists at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...
in 1974.