Walt Harrington
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Walt Harrington is head of the journalism department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Along with the books he has written, he has also edited ”The Beholder’s Eye: A Collection of America’s Finest Personal Journalism”, ”Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists” and ”Slices of Life.” Harrington was a staff writer for the ”Washington Post Magazine” for 15 years, and is the winner of twenty local, state and national journalism awards. He has been nominated for a Pulitzer several times.
*Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award *Two National Association of Black Journalists writing Awards *Northwestern University’s John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism *Three national Sunday magazine writing awards *Lowell Mellett A
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