Eric Deggans
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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’s Biography
Read Full Bio →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…
Eric Deggans’s Journalist Portfolio
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In absence of facts, Trayvon Martin case becomes a war of images and reputations online | TV show...
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Interview
See all 7 answers →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.