Josh Mansour
Josh Mansour’s Biography
National award-winning journalist known for tackling the big stories in sports and news.
Sports:
■ Elite features highlighted by a man overcoming a stutter, illiteracy, poverty and dropping out of high school to become a Heisman Trophy nominee and the 2nd pick in the NFL Draft.
■ Track record of breaking major news includes being first to report a basketball team fistfight that resulted in injuries and property damage, among many huge scoops.
■ Produced several multi-part series, with one notably about an impoverished basketball prospect's journey from being nearly expelled to overcoming reconstructive knee surgery to reach the NBA.
News:
■ History of award-winning investigative journalism, notably uncovering years of racially discriminatory university housing policy by Michigan State University, among numerous big scoops.
■ Created several multi-part series, including consistently being the industry leader in breaking stories on a rampant hate crime spree at Michigan State University.
■ Major news-making enterprise reporting includes revealing Michigan State University's deep cuts in local minority student population at a taxpayer-funded university to pursue record numbers of international students for additional tuition revenue.