KEITH WOODS
Dean of Faculty
Teaching Diversity, Covering Race Relations, Ethical Decision-Making, Persuasive Writing
FACULTY SINCE:
January 1995
RECENT WORK:
“The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity in America” (co-editor); “The Essence of Excellence,” “Executives of Color: What It Takes to Succeed,” “Leading the Way: Making Diversity Real” and “Do We Check It at the Door?” (author); contributor to Poynter Online’s “Journalism With a Difference”
| PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY |
Keith Woods is Dean of Faculty at The Poynter Institute. He is a former sportswriter, news reporter, city editor, editorial writer, and columnist who worked his way through those jobs in 16 years at the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
His professional writing won statewide and national awards, including the 1994 National Headliner award he shared with colleagues for the 1993 series “Together Apart/The Myth of Race.”
He joined Poynter in 1995, and for seven years led the Institute’s teaching on diversity and coverage of race relations as part of the ethics faculty. In his time at Poynter, he has written columns and essays on topics ranging from fatherhood to race relations to the emerging journalism of the South African press.
Keith leads seminars for journalists who must handle stories about race and ethnicity. He is a co-author of “The Authentic Voice/The Best Reporting on Race & Ethnicity.” He is a former editor of “Best Newspaper Writing,” Poynter’s annual collection of prize-winning stories and photojournalism selected by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He is a regular speaker at the Poynter-sponsored National Writers Workshops each year and consults with newspapers and television stations on matters of diversity, race relations, writing, and editing.
He has written extensively about how news organizations handle race relations and diversity in the newsroom, boardrooms, newspapers and broadcasts. He is married to WTVT-TV anchor Denise White. Their blended family includes five wonderful children, one grandchild, and a neurotic cocker spaniel. |
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| The Dean of Faculty, Keith teaches reporting on race relations, editing, persuasive writing, ethics and diversity. He's a former reporter, city editor, editorial writer and columnist at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, La. |
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