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Jane Daugherty

Jane Daugherty, a 1984 Nieman Fellow, is a four-time winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for coverage of the disadvantaged. She covered the impact of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma for the Palm Beach Post and then served on the faculty of Florida International University’s School of Journalism as associate professor. She is now a doctoral fellow at the University of Miami.

Remembering Those Who Are Usually Forgotten

The unfortunate reality is that American journalists do not systematically or analytically cover the plight of the poor, the marginalized, the isolated, or the powerless. When we put together elaborate…

March 15, 2006

Women Journalists Spurred Coverage of Children and Families

‘…I no longer had to approach my work as though I didn’t have children.’

March 15, 2002