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Interview no. | R-0847 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.43. Special Research Projects: NewStories |
Project description | NewStories, begun in 2012, is an ongoing project of the UNC School of Media and Journalism. Interviews are conducted by students enrolled in media history coursework under the direction of Dr. Barbara Friedman. The series explores the life experiences of North Carolina media workers, whose career fields include print and broadcast news, photojournalism, web journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising and education. Included is a series of interviews with inductees of the North Carolina Halls of Fame. The interviews are biographical in nature, yet some concentrate on particular events or periods within the lifetime of the respondent. |
Date | 31 October 2013 |
Interviewee | King, Susan. |
Interviewee occupation |
Journalists Deans |
Interviewee DOB | Undisclosed |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Jabar, Anisah. |
Abstract | Susan King’s first reporting jobs were on the streets of Buffalo, N.Y., where she covered fires, politics, murders and crime. With more reporting experience came more-prestigious jobs. Her lengthy journalism career included positions at ABC, NBC, and CBS, where she worked as a correspondent for Walter Cronkite. In the 1990s, King became the vice president for external affairs for the Carnegie Corporation. As part of that work, she guided the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, promoting “a vision of journalism that exists to serve the public, a vision that is about deep thinking, and a vision dedicated to telling the unfolding drama of today’s history in a context that will keep the nation’s electorate informed and prevent it from being manipulated.” That vision, King says, is based on the idea that universities must closely examine and refine the process of developing reporters, editors, and producers who want to tell the complex stories of their times. In 2011, King was named Dean of the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, succeeding Dean Jean Folkerts. She also holds the title of John Thomas Kerr Distinguished Professor. |
Citation | Interview with Susan King by Anisah Jabar, 31 October 2013 R-0847, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0847_Audio |