Bryan Monroe

Bryan Monroe is an award-winning journalist, educator and entrepreneur. He was the editor ^[1] of CNNPolitics.com,^[2] where he was responsible of the digital side of CNN’s political coverage. He was previously the vice president and editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines,^[3] at Johnson Publishing Co., as well as a visiting professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.^[4]

Monroe also helped lead the team of journalists from Knight Ridder and the Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi), who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

He was the 16th President ^[5] of the National Association of Black Journalists. In April 2015, he was named Verizon Chair professor at Temple University's School of Media and Communication.^[6]

Early years

Monroe was born in Munich, Germany, the second child of US Army officer MG James W. Monroe,^[7] of Laurinburg, NC, and Charlyne Monroe, a schoolteacher from Atlantic City.

Career

Monroe began his career as a photojournalist in the Pacific Northwest, first at United Press International, and then at the Seattle Times. He also interned at The Roanoke Times and World News.

He became the graphics editor and director of photography at the Myrtle Beach Sun News and later served as deputy project director for Knight Ridder's 25/43 Project.^[8]

Bryan Monroe was deputy managing editor at the San Jose Mercury News and was later named assistant vice president/news at Knight Ridder, where he was responsible for half of the group's 32 newsrooms, until it was sold in 2006 to McClatchy. While there, he helped lead the team of journalists who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.^[9]

He joined Johnson Publishing Company in 2006 as the vice president and editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines. While there, he conducted the last major interview with Michael Jackson ^[10] before his death and the first interview with president-elect Barack Obama ^[11] one week after he was elected president in November, 2008.

He was a visiting professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism from 2009–2010, where he taught courses in journalism innovation, magazine editing and enterprise reporting. He joined CNN Digital as the editor of CNNPolitics.com, based in the CNN Washington, D.C. bureau, in January, 2011.

Education

Monroe is a graduate of the University of Washington in 1987 and graduated from Clover Park High School in Lakewood, Washington.

He was also a Nieman fellow at Harvard University in 2002-2003.^[12]

References

External links

• Bryan Monroe Web Site
• Bryan Monroe leaves Ebony/Jet