Susan Campbell - Why Journalism Matters
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a guest on CBS’ "Sunday Morning," the BBC, WTNH-TV, and the local news show "Face the State." She was also part of the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, an award-winning health and safety website.
Her work at The Hartford Courant – where she was a staff writer and columnist for 25 years – was recognized by the National Women’s Political Caucus, the New England Associated Press News Executives, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and the Society for Professional Journalists, among numerous other organizations. She’s also written for Connecticut Magazine, Salon.com, the Ms. Foundation blog, and Patheos.com. She currently writes a weekly Sunday column for Hearst newspapers in Connecticut.
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Her book, Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism and the American Girl, won the Connecticut Center for the Book’s Best Memoir in 2010 and was chosen as one of 15 "Must-Read Memoirs" by More magazine. Her other books include the biography Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker and Frog Hollow: Stories from an American Neighborhood, a Hartford neighborhood she describes as a springboard for generations of immigrants.
A frequent guest host on "Where We Live," a locally produced news/talk show, she’s a regular guest on "The Colin McEnroe Show." A former communications director at the Partnership for Stronger Communities, she is a sought-after speaker and panelist on poverty, homelessness, theology, and gender issues.
While teaching the next generation of journalists, Professor Campbell helped transform the campus newspaper, the Charger Bulletin, into a website, a series of podcasts, and a weekly television news show, "The Charger Bulletin News." She’s taught at Central Connecticut State University, and she has taught writing workshops at Wesleyan University, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Hartford.