Institute on National Affairs – Name the Accuser and the Accused: Reconsidering the Coverage of Rape
Geneva Overholser
Monday, 08 Mar 2004 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Geneva Overholser served on the editorial page at the Des Moines Register, on the editorial board of The New York Times, as editor of Des Moines Register, ombudsman at the Washington Post and a syndicated columnist with Washington Post Writers Group. The Register won the Pulitzer gold medal for public service for "It Couldn't Happen to Me," the story of one woman's experience with rape, during her tenure. She has been a regular media commentator, CJR columnist, former congressional fellow, Nieman fellow, chair of Pulitzer Prize Board and an officer of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She is currently a trustee of Stanley Foundation, Knight fellowships at Stanford, National Press Foundation and the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship. Overholser joined the Missouri School of Journalism in September 2000.
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