Brooke Kroeger

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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.

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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

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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. 1 2 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
  6. ↑ Reviews for Fannie
  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. [Los Angeles, Calif]. pp. R.5 – via Proquest.
  8. ↑ Reviews of Undercover Reporting
  9. ↑ Reviews for The Suffragents
  10. ↑ Reviews of Undaunted


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