Professors of Journalism - Faculty for 2009-2010
Each year eminent journalists teach at Princeton as Ferris, McGraw and Robbins professors, joining a roster that includes many of America’s most distinguished writers. Their seminars are listed among the journalism (JRN) courses sponsored by the Humanities Council.
Martin Gottlieb, editor of Global Editions for the New York Times, previously served as Associate Managing Editor, investigative journalist, Deputy Culture Editor, and National Project Editor. Previously, he was Managing Editor atthe Daily News and Editor-in-Chief at the Village Voice. His fall-term seminar focuses on Making News: writing, editing, objectivity and investigative techniques.
Dan Grech covers Latin America for NPR Marketplace. He is also co-host and co-senior producer for the public radio news magazine show, Voices. As a Miami Herald journalist from 2000 to 2004, he shared a Pulitzer-Prize for coverage of the Elián González INS raid. He is teaching a fall-term seminar on The New Audio Age: Writing for the Ear."
Bill Hamilton is a journalist for Politico, the innovative new investigative reporting organization. Former Assistant Managing Editor at the Washington Post, he brings many years experience as a political and national editor. In the fall he is team-teaching a course with Jane Mayer about the first hundred days of the Obama administration, compared to other recent presidencies.
Athelia Knight spent more than thirty years at the Washington Post as an investigative reporter, sports writer, and director of the Young Journalists Development Program. Most recently, she has been teaching at Georgetown. She is leading a seminar this fall on Investigative Reporting.
Jane Mayer, staff writer at the New Yorker Magazine, was the Wall Street Journal's first female White House correspondent. Her much-acclaimed book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideas reveals the torture and other secret methods employed by the Bush administration. She is team-teaching with Bill Hamilton a course on the Obama presidency.
Bob Mondello, arts critic for National Public Broadcasting is responsible for coverage of film, theater and the performing arts. His reviews and features are broadcast nationally on "All Things Considered." He is also Senior Theater Critic for the Washington City Paper. In the spring he is teaching a seminar on arts criticism.
Paul Salopek, Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent, has reported from Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans and Latin America. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he received a 2009 George Polk Award for his series on the negative repercussions of America's anti-terrorism efforts in Africa. As McGraw Professor this fall he is teaching a seminar on Writing from the Developing World.
Evan Thomas, Newsweek's editor-at-large and former Washington bureau chief, is the Ferris Professor in Residence for five years. He has written six books and more than 100 cover stories on national and international news. He is teaching The Literature of Fact in the fall and The Media in America in the spring.
Tom Weber, editor of SmartMoney.com, previously served as a Wall Street Journal bureau chief, senior writer, columnist and editor. Having covered the rise of the World Wide Web, he is well-prepared to lead a spring-term seminar on journalism in the digital age.
Jim Willse, editor of the Newark Star Ledger since 1992, former editor and publisher of the New York Daily News, will take students Inside the News Business this spring, to understand where news comes from; why it matters; the digital revolution, citizen journalism; the economics of news; and where it is headed.
