Angela M. Hill, a multi award-winning investigative journalist and producer, has been named the new Ida B. Wells Professor in Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The post is created in honor of Wells, an African American investigative journalist, educator and early leader in the civil rights movement.
Hill will work at ASU’s location in Washington, D.C. Her assignments will include working with Cronkite News, News21 and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, as well as fostering collaborations with other journalism and communications schools, and assisting in graduate student recruitment. Professor Hill will also work with students and Cronkite’s external partners to formulate and deliver ongoing coverage of key national issues, in the spirit of the work of Ida B. Wells.
Hill most recently served as a senior video producer at The Washington Post, where she co-led a team of 10 video journalists who film, produce and edit enterprise and investigative stories, breaking news and multimedia projects.
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