Journalist Jacqui Banaszynski to deliver Nieman Lecture, Feb. 18

Jacqui Banaszynski, Jour ’74, award-winning journalist and faculty fellow at the Poynter Institute will be the 2020 Nieman Lecturer. The event will take place Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m. in the AMU, Monaghan Ballroom.  

Banaszynski serves as editor of Nieman Storyboard, a global website which celebrates and examines the art and craft of narrative journalism. Besides her extensive newspaper career, Banaszynski has edited numerous award-winning projects, including projects that won ASNE Best Writing, Ernie Pyle Human Interest Writing and national business and investigative prizes. In 2008, she was named to the Association of Sunday and Features Editors Features Hall of Fame. Banaszynski now coaches reporters, writers and storytellers in newsrooms and at workshops around the world. 

The event is free. Register online via Eventbrite 

For more information on the symposium, visit the Diederich College of Communication website.