Alan Miller (journalist)
Alan C. Miller | |
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Born | March 5, 1954 |
Education | Wesleyan University, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Occupation | The News Literacy Project |
Title | President and CEO |
Awards | 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner |
Alan C. Miller (born March 5, 1954[1]) is an American, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and president and CEO of The News Literacy Project,[2] an organization that assists educators teach middle and high school students about media literacy; the organization provides a virtual classroom called Checkology®.[3][4]
Background
In 1976, Miller graduated from Wesleyan University, with a Bachelor of Arts in english and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[5] He received his Master's degree in political science, in 1978, at the University of Hawaii.[6] Miller participated at the East–West Center from 1976-1978, while a student at the University of Hawaii, and worked as an editor of Impulse Magazine.[6] Miller interned with the Washington Post, Tokyo bureau.[1]
Miller has been a fellow with the Japan Society (1998), the Peter Jennings Project at the National Constitution Center (2008), and the Poynter Institute,[6] and he served on the advisory board of the Center for News Literacy, at Stony Brook University.[7]
Career
Miller worked for The Record in Hackensack, New Jersey, and at The Times Union located in Albany, New York. He was a reporter with the Los Angeles Times from 1987 to 2008, including time at the Washington bureau.[8]
One of the highlights of his career, was the Pulitzer Prize-winning series of stories that he wrote while working for the Los Angeles Times; the news stories led to the 1997 Special Investigation in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns (listed below).[9][10][11]
- Alan C. Miller, "Democrats Return Illegal Contributions: South Korean Subsidiary's $250,000 Donation Violated Ban on Money from Foreign Nationals," Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1996, p.A16
- Alan C. Miller, "Controversy Swirls Over Donation to Democrats," Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1996, p.A1.
- Alan C. Miller, "Democrats Give Back more disputed money," Los Angeles Times, November 23, 1996, p.A1
- David Willman, Alan C. Miller and Glen F. Punting, "What Clinton Knew: How a Push for New Fund-Raising Led to Foreign Access, Bad Money and Questionable Ties," Los Angeles Times, December 21, 1997, p.A1.
In 2008, after 21 years with the Los Angeles Times, he left and founded The News Literacy Project; by 2018, educators in all 50 states and in 77 countries were using Checkology®, a virtual classroom created by the NLP.[2][4]
Awards
- 1996 George Polk Award for Political Reporting, Los Angeles Times, "Money From Asia"[12]
- 1996 National Headliners Award for Investigative Reporting[1]
- 1997 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, Los Angeles Times, "Illegal Democratic Campaign Contributions"[13]
- 2002 Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal, for breaking the 1996 Democratic National Committee campaign finance scandal.[14]
- 2003 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, for the series on the Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II[15]
- 2005 (Second Place) the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, "Environmental Politics"[16]
References
- ^ a b c The 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting. "Alan Miller and Kevin Sack of Los Angeles Times". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ a b "Staff - The News Literacy Project". Thenewsliteracyproject.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "News Literacy Project". News Literacy Project. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ a b "What is Checkology? | Checkology | The News Literacy Project". Checkology. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "Donoho Colloquium: The Case for News Literacy". Neukom Institute. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ a b c Center, Whitney Humanities; St, room 208 See map 53 Wall (2018-03-13). "Poynter Fellowship: Alan Miller". Office of Public Affairs & Communications. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Los Angeles Times - Bio-Story (2007-06-21). "U-Haul: About this series". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Oversight, United States Congress House Committee on Government Reform and (1998). Investigation of Political Fundraising Improprieties and Possible Violations of Law: Interim Report : Sixth Report. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "H. Rept. 105-829 - INVESTIGATION OF POLITICAL FUNDRAISING IMPROPRIETIES AND POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF LAW INTERIM REPORT". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "1997 Special Investigation in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns - Wikisource, the free online library". en.m.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ "Past Polk Winners | Long Island University". liu.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "Previous Winners and Finalists". Shorenstein Center. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "2002 IRE Award winners". IRE. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "Alan Miller and Kevin Sack of Los Angeles Times". pulitzer.org.
- ^ "John Oakes environmental journalism awards announced | Newswatch". newswatch.write2kill.in. Retrieved 2020-09-11.