Craig Flournoy
John Craig Flournoy (born June 26, 1951, in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) was an investigative reporter for the Dallas Morning News for 22 years. His work covers civil rights movements.[1] Flournoy currently teaches at the University of Cincinnati and teaches courses on computer-assisted reporting, investigative reporting, history of American journalism and communication law. Form 1997-1998, Flournoy was the Phillip G. Warner Professor of Journalism at Sam Houston State University.[2]
Education
Flournoy obtained his B.A. in history with honors from the University of New Orleans in 1975, his M.A. in history from Southern Methodist University in 1986, and his Ph.D. in journalism from Manship School of Mass Communications at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 2003.[1][2]
Appearances
His works have appeared in a number of publications which include, Columbia Journalism Review, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator and Newspaper Research Journal.[1]
Awards and honors
Flournoy has won over 50 state and national journalism awards which include:
- Pulitzer Prize with fellow reporter George Rodrigue in 1986 for investigative reporting about racial segregation in East Texas.
- American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award
- Associated Press Managing Editors Association’s Public Service Award
- Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Medal for Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting
- Scripps Howard Edward J. Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting[1]
- He also won 11 Dallas Club Katie awards, five of which were for investigative reporting[2]
Family
Flournoy and his wife Nina Flournoy have three daughters. She is a senior lecturer at Southern Methodist University.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Craig Flournoy- Meadows School of the Arts". SMU. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Craigh Flournoy". The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 4 April 2013.