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                                          Washington & Lee University

                           Department of Journalism & Mass Communications

                                                        Lexington, VA  24450

                                                               540-458-8434

               

 

EXPERIENCE:        Washington & Lee University

                                    Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting

                                    July 2008 to present

 

                                    West Virginia University

                                    Shott Chair of Journalism/Visiting Assistant Professor

                                    August 2007 to May 2008

                                   

                                    The Associated Press

Supreme Court and legal affairs

November 2005 to August 2006

 

USA Today

                                    Justice Department

                                    September 2000 to October 2005

 

                                    U.S. News & World Report

                                    Investigative team

                                    March 1999 to August 2000

 

                                    The Washington Post

                                    Metro projects team and Federal courts

                                    June 1994 to March 1999

 

                                    The Boston Globe

                                    Metro projects team and State House

                                    January 1990 to May 1994

 

                                    The Philadelphia Daily News

                                    City Hall, criminal justice and general assignment

                                    February 1986 to January 1990

 

                                    The Pittsburgh Press

                                    Federal courts, organized labor and general assignment

                                    June 1981 to February 1986

 

EDUCATION:           University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Master’s Degree in the Studies of Law, High Honors

May 2007

 

West Virginia University

 B.S. Journalism, Cum Laude

1981

 

AWARDS:                 First Amendment Award

                                    Society of Professional Journalists

                                    September 2008

 

                                    John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award

                                    National Press Club

                                    July 2008

 

                                    Service to Journalism Award

                                    Press Club of Western Pennsylvania

                                    May 2008

 

ORGANIZATIONS: Investigative Reporters and Editors

                                    Board of Directors, JURIST, legal news and research web site