John Craig Flournoy | |
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| Born | June 26, 1951 Shreveport, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | University of New Orleans Louisiana State University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist with: Shreveport Journal ContentsSouthern Methodist University |
| Years active | 1977– |
| Spouse | Nina Flournoy |
| Children | Three daughters |
John Craig Flournoy (born June 26, 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) is a journalism professor at the University of Cincinnati and a former investigative reporter for The Dallas Morning News , at which his work included coverage of the latter portion of the civil rights movement. [1]
He has taught since 2014 at Cincinnati. From 2003 to 2013, he taught at Southern Methodist University, where in 1986, he received a Master of Arts degree in history. He formerly taught courses on computer-assisted reporting, investigative reporting, history of American journalism, and communication law briefly at the University of Cincinnati. From 1997 to 1998, while on leave from The Dallas Morning News, he was the Phillip G. Warner Professor of Journalism at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. [2]
Flournoy obtained his Bachelor of Arts in history with honors from the University of New Orleans in 1975, his master's in history from SMU in 1986, and his Ph.D. in journalism in 2003 from the Douglas Manship School of Mass Communications at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. [1] [2]
Flournoy has won more than fifty state and national journalism awards, including the Scripps Howard Edward J. Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting [1] and eleven Dallas Club Katie awards, five of which were for investigative reporting. [2]
Flournoy and his wife, Nina P. Flournoy (born June 11, 1954), have three daughters. Mrs. Flournoy is a senior lecturer at Southern Methodist University. [1]
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