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Eric Deggans

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Virginia, Washington, D.C.
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Covers:  TV, radio, race, social equality, pop culture, media, politics, diversity/minority affairs
Knight Chair, Journalism and Media Ethics, Washington & Lee University. Critic-at-large, NPR. Author, "Race-Baiter: How Media Wields Dangerous Words..."

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Eric Deggans is the Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, overseeing classes on media issues, ethics and journalism.

As a Knight Chair, Deggans joins a collection of 25 other professors in positions endowed at 23 different universities across the country by the Knight Foundation.

Deggans also serves as a critic-at-large at NPR, appearing on shows such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered, writing for NPR.org and appearing on podcas…

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Horrors And Humanity In Ava DuVernay's Gripping 'When They See Us'

Horrors And Humanity In Ava DuVernay's Gripping 'When They See Us'

This was the toughest TV show for me to watch in a long while. When They See Us is director/writer/producer A…

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Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

After 20 years as a television critic - and many more as a simple viewer - a reflection on how a kid who most…

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Binge watching Netflix's House of Cards: The joys of watching TV like reading a great book

Binge watching Netflix's House of Cards: The joys of watching TV like reading a great book

I watched all 13 episodes of Netflix's new original series House of Cards within one day of the series' rele…

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The rise of the black nerd: How my people are taking over pop culture

The rise of the black nerd: How my people are taking over pop culture

My name is Eric Deggans, and I am a black nerd. We're a little different than the white guys you've seen i…

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In absence of facts, Trayvon Martin case becomes a war of images and reputations online | TV show...

In absence of facts, Trayvon Martin case becomes a war of images and reputations online | TV show...

Best TV shows, worst TV shows, media issues and debates ... it's all here at the Feed, a blog on TV, media an…

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Dark Knight movie shooting shows how quickly our pop culture celebrations can be turned against u...

Dark Knight movie shooting shows how quickly our pop culture celebrations can be turned against u...

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Summer TV Season Has Arrived — Here’s What You Shouldn’t Miss

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By Eric Deggans
| KQED Arts and Culture Verified
NPR Home / TV This summer brings new seasons of ‘The Bear,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ and much more. Jun 8, 2026 Updated 10:47 am PT Clockwise from top left: ‘Little House on the Prairie’; ‘Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's The Weight Of The World)’; ‘Cape Fear’; ‘House of the Dragon’; ‘The Bear’; ‘Ted Lasso.’ (Netflix; HBO; Apple TV; HBO; FX; Apple TV) Summer is when people are trying to get away from screens — headed outside to enjoy weather and time off.
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Summer TV season has arrived — here's what you shouldn't miss

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By Eric Deggans
| kanw.org
Summer is when people are trying to get away from screens — headed outside to enjoy weather and time off. But in the modern age, TV never sleeps, so streaming and premiere television outlets have lined up a slew of attention-getting new and returning shows competing with vacations and sunny days over the next few months to pull in viewers and attention.
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Summer TV season has arrived — here's what you shouldn't miss

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By Eric Deggans
| WVPE-FM (Elkhart, IN) Verified
Summer is when people are trying to get away from screens — headed outside to enjoy weather and time off. But in the modern age, TV never sleeps, so streaming and premiere television outlets have lined up a slew of attention-getting new and returning shows competing with vacations and sunny days over the next few months to pull in viewers and attention.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

regional news reporter in Pittsburgh's northern suburbs

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes. to write up photos assignment forms in my first newspaper job.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Larry Wilmore, senior black correspondent on The Daily Show.
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