Convo: Catherine Manegold April 1, 2005

Catherine Manegold, award-winning former reporter for The New York Times and a 1977 Carleton graduate, will present convocation at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, April 1 at the Carleton College Skinner Memorial Chapel. Her presentation will address the reasons an effective, aggressive, independent and responsible press is crucial to the healthy functioning of a democracy in her presentation titled, "War on Words: Why an Ethical Press is NOT an Oxymoron." The event is free and open to the public.

Manegold is the James M. Cox Jr. Professor of Journalism at Emory University. She worked for 20 years as a reporter and editor at The New York Times, Newsweek, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other newspapers. Her critically-acclaimed work ranges from reports on the fall of former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, civil war in Sri Lanka, life under communist rule in Vietnam and social and political turmoil in Southeast Asia. Traveling across the world to places such as New Delhi and the Philippines,

Manegold had an immensely successful career as a correspondent with The New York Times from 1992 to 1999, during which she covered Shannon Faulkner's lawsuit against The Citadel in 1995. Her coverage of the suit led her to author a book, "In Glory's Shadow: Shannon Faulkner, The Citadel, and a Changing America," which was featured on the list of best non-fiction books of 2000 in The Los Angeles Times.

Driven by a passionate dedication to journalism and serving the public, Manegold is a seven-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, honored for stories such as a yearlong account of a contested adoption case and coverage of the 1985 police department bombing of Philadelphia's activist MOVE house. In 1994, she was honored with a Pulitzer as part of The New York Times team that covered the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. She also has been awarded an Overseas Press Club Award for her coverage of the Gulf War in Newsweek.

Manegold received her B.A. magna cum laude in English literature from Carleton in 1977. She studied Japanese and politics at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

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