Brooke Kroeger

Brooke Kroeger
Education	Boston University Columbia University

Brooke Kroeger is a journalist, writer, and professor emerita at New York University. She has written books on Nellie Bly, Fannie Hurst, and most recently a 2023 book on women in journalism.

Education and career

Kroeger as a B.S. in journalism and political science from Boston University (1971), and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University (1972). ^{[1] [2]}

Kroeger has worked as a journalist with Newsday, and New York Newsday . ^[3] For eleven years she worked for United Press International, including serving as chief editor for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa while she was based on London, and serving as bureau chief while she was based in Tel Aviv. ^[3]

Kroeger taught at New York University from 1998 until 2021, and served as the first director of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. ^[3] As of 2023, Kroeger is professor emerita at New York University. ^[4]

Selected publications

• Kroeger, Brooke (1994). Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter. Times Books. ISBN   9780812919738. ^[5]
• Kroeger, Brooke (1998). Fannie: The Talent for Success of Writer Fannie Hurst. ISBN   978-0812924978. ^[6]
• Kroeger, Brooke (2003). Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are. PublicAffairs. ISBN   978-1891620997. ^[7]
• Kroeger, Brooke (2012). Undercover Reporting : The Truth About Deception. Northwestern University Press. ISBN   978-0-8101-2619-0. ^[8]
• Kroeger, Brooke (2017). The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote. State University of New York Press. ISBN   9781438466309. ^[9]
• Kroeger, Brooke (2023). Undaunted How Women Changed American Journalism. Penguin Random House. ISBN   9780525659143. ^[10]

References

1. "Brooke Kroeger". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
2. Wickman, G. Fred (February 4, 1994). "Her parents are so proud of this author's success – and why not?". The Kansas City Star; Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
3. ""Listen World!": Elsie Robinson and Women Newspaper Columnists". www.nyhistory.org. November 18, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
4. "Faculty". NYU Journalism. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
5. Reviews for Nellie Bly
   • Sims, Patsy (1994-03-06). "Her Place Was in the News". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-14.
   • Lichtenstein, Grace (1994-03-13). "Around the World in 72 Days". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-05-14.
   • Marzolf, Marion T. (1995). "Review of Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist" . The Journal of American History. 82 (1): 279–280. doi:10.2307/2082054. ISSN   0021-8723. JSTOR   2082054.
6. Reviews for Fannie
   • "Fannie: the talent for success of writer Fannie Hurst". Choice Reviews Online. 37 (7): 37–3749-37-3749. 2000-03-01. doi:10.5860/choice.37-3749 (inactive 1 July 2025). ISSN   0009-4978.
   • Louis, Catherine Saint (1999-09-19). "Books in Brief: Nonfiction". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-14.
   • Koppelman, Susan (1999). Kroeger, Brooke (ed.). "Writing for Her Life" . The Women's Review of Books. 17 (1): 20–21. doi:10.2307/4023368. ISSN   0738-1433. JSTOR   4023368.
7. Reviews of Passing
   • Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne (14 September 2003). "Being someone you are not; Passing When People Can't Be Who They Are Brooke Kroeger". Los Angeles Times ; Los Angeles, Calif. pp. R.5.
8. Reviews of Undercover Reporting
   • Conrad, David (2013-09-17). "Brooke Kroeger, Undercover Reporting: The Truth About Deception". International Journal of Communication. 7: 4. ISSN   1932-8036.
   • McCreery, David (2013). "Review of Undercover Reporting: the truth about deception" . The Journal of Pacific History. 48 (1): 109–110. doi:10.1080/00223344.2012.757830. ISSN   0022-3344. JSTOR   41999469. S2CID   162243043.
9. Reviews for The Suffragents
   • Roberts, Sam (2017-11-01). "The Roles of Men and New York State in Women's Suffrage". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-14.
10. Reviews of Undaunted
    • Kamensky, Jane (2023-05-13). "From 'Front-Page Girls' to Newsroom Leaders". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-14.
    • Esposito, Veronica (2023-05-31). "Undaunted: the untold story of women in American journalism". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
    • "Stories of remarkable women in journalism featured in new book". KPCW. 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
    • "LA Times Today: Brooke Kroeger's 'Undaunted' details how women changed American journalism". Los Angeles Times. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
    • Hook, Janet (2023-05-17). "From 'women's pages' to front lines: Tracking women journalists' (unfinished) progress". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
    • "'Undaunted' tells the story of the women journalists who blazed a trail for others". NPR. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-07-11.